Extended Essay - Reflection Space

Here is my first draft of an introduction:  George Orwell in his essay of “Politics and the English Language” identifies the mistakes that a myriad of people often make which cause the corruption of the english language. Orwell defines several ‘tricks’ or tactics with examples that hide the true meaning and cause this corruption. He also claims that awareness on this topic is “[…] a necessary first step toward political regeneration […]”  since he has brought his attention to how politicians tend to take advantage of language and twisting it to whatever they desire from their audience.  This then brings on the question of:  “What elements from George Orwell’s ‘Politics and the English Language’ can we find in the right winged media in the United States political speeches?”  George Orwell’s points of the mistakes are dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction and meaningless words. With examples, Orwell provides us a life learning ...

As of recent, I have brought my attention to Trumps language as I am beginning to analyze his tweets for the main body of my EE. With the help of the youtube video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI, I realized how in comparison to other politicians who sound very sophisticated, Trump uses very simple speech. He often repeats words to create an emphasis on them and doesn't seem to try to make an air of intelligence around with words. Maybe he does it with his body language or ego but not with english. I have also noticed with his speech that he is very self-centered. Instead of using the common persuasive technique of using pronouns such as "we" or "us" to provide connection with the audience, Trump makes the theme of a discussion about him. In almost none of his tweets does he use personal pronouns but words like "I" or "me". It is interesting why Trump decides to do this, whether he even realizes it.