Euphemism In George Orwell's 1984. British journalist Paul Johnson once said that ¨Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.¨ Euphemism is a type of language using ¨safe¨ words to substitute mild expressions that are considered harsh when talking about something unpleasant and is used very commonly in today 's society
4 1984 ures which had something to do with the production of pig-iron. The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. Winston turned a switch and the voice sank somewhat, though the words were still distinguish-able. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be
About 1984. Introduction. George Orwell 's 1984, like many works of literature, unmistakably carries with it literary traditions reaching back to the earliest of storytellers. Among the literary traditions that Orwell uses is the concept of utopia, which he distorts effectively for his own purposes. Utopia, or Nowhere Land, is an ideal place or
Orwell, George. The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell. Edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. 4 vols. London: Secker and Warburg, 1968. Supplements the uniform edition the representative government and the freedom of the press for which Chesterton had struggled so hard at home, but Mussolini was an Italian and had made Italy strong, and that .