Big Brother is watching you.
Passive:
You're being watched by Big Brother.
Active:
Mr Wayman was teaching the 3rd form.
Passive:
The 3rd form were being taught by Mr Wayman
Active:
I am sorry for what has happened.
Passive:
For what has happened, I am sorry.
Active:
Orwell is obeying his rules
Passive:
The rules are being obeyed by Orwell.
Breaking Orwells Rules
Big Brother is watching you.
Translated by Breaking all 5 rules:
You know that Big Brother surveys no light at the end of the tunnel.
Original:
The music from the telescreen had stopped.
Translated by Breaking all 5 rules:
He noticed that the atrocious drone given out form the godforsaken telescreen had ceased to exist leaving him into a gargantuan mood of relaxed armistice.
Reflection:
Orwell was suspicious of language that broke his five rule. It would seem, from our examples, that when sentences or statements are broken down, that they begin to lose their meaning and become less direct and to-the-point. This is not only used in literature but in modern day polotics today as a way of easing the blame through the passive voice. Orwell five rules do not only give structure and meaning to a sentence, but they make it stand out by being boiled down. This is why Orwell is suspicious of language breaking his five rules
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