Why I Write
Lately, I’ve found myself wading through nonfiction. I have liked nonfiction since I was a boy. I spent a great deal of time reading Greek and Roman history, and as I aged, by enjoyment of nonfiction has come with me. I’m currently enjoying and Orwellian take on my nonfiction reading and so I’ve just completed this gem.
Orwell, George. 2004. Why I Write Penguin Books. ISBN 0143036351.
The book is a collection of essays by Orwell published between 1931 and 1946. It is composed of Why I Write(1946), The Lion and the Unicorn(1940), A Hanging(1931), and Politics and the English Language(1946). They recount his view that progressive socialism was the only way to defeat Nazism. That capitalism was a sham of the professional managerial class, and that English, as a language, was in peril from the perverse forms it was being molded by - advertizing, political language, and slang. “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” Words to think about even now.
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Another man’s fiction is another man’s nonfiction.
Most of my fictional writings have been based on nonfiction.
God bless.
And another man’s fiction posted is plagerism
(feeling saucy)