The English language contains a lot of misleading phrases, overused concepts, and unnecessary complex words, all which are leading to the decline of this language. George Orwell claims that what we're doing, in the current circumstances, is that we are overcomplicating this language and the perception in which we use it. Instead of simply stating specific concepts and such, we are making things more difficult and complicated than they need to be. He specifically focuses on the techniques labeled as Dying Metaphors, Verbal False Limbs, Pretentious Diction, and Meaningless Words as evidence in order to support his view on the decline of the English language. Focusing on Dying Metaphors, Orwell makes the claim that they are simply metaphors amongst the English language, to put it simply, they are cliché. However, the ones who incorporate this pompous technique only include them for the sake of implementing them, for the sake of them just being there to take up space or to seem intelligent. They don't understand what the metaphor itself, or the singular words within the metaphor, actually dictate. Also, people aren't original, they don't think for themselves anymore, as for they use these 'dying metaphors' to plagiarize a misconceptualized idea. Today, a dying metaphor such as 'fishing in troubled waters' is used by many, so forth to convey one's expressional or emotional distress, or if they are simply just dictating their past life, whether it be filled with stress, pain, or anything of that sort. I agree with Orwell's point of view that nowadays, people overthink things, which leads to them misconceptualizing ideas and concepts in their pieces. People would put in complex words or phrases in which they don't understand, just so that they can seem smarter, because these are our current standards in society. We would disdain people if they did not speak in a certain way, or if they don't sound intellectual. However, I disagree with Orwell's view that we should speak simpler. Without our complex English language, we wouldn't have a class such as AP English Language today, and we wouldn't have much more, such as legitimate politicians, thousands of novels, and the difficulty to obtain jobs, because the standards today are sophisticated, and well-organized beings, and none of that would be possible if it weren't for how confusing our language is.
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