what does this mean?

Question

I have to respond to this writing prompt but i don't understand what it is asking when it refers to elevating language. The question is:

How does Orwell illustrate language's power to manipulate and/or elevate in Animal Farm?

What does this question mean when it asks about elevating language?

Answer 1

How does Orwell illustrate language's power to manipulate and/or elevate in Animal Farm?

The key verb is illustrate; Orwell is trying to illustrate the power of language and its role in manipulation or elevation (perhaps elevation through social ranks? respect?).

The question how is asking you to find examples where Orwell used, perhaps, words that would directly affect the speaker's (not necessarily) social status or how the speaker used specific words to manipulate his or her audience.

This is my take (it's been five years since I read Animal Farm), and I hope it makes sense to you. Good luck!

Answer 2

Language can elevate you to think more of yourself, or to believe others honor you. For example, every so often someone says to me that I am more influential than I realize. That not only makes me feel good, but puts a duty on me to be as honorable an influence as I can.

Answer 3

Not sure this will help...it is a confusing question, but in Animal Farm the rules they begin with get twisted so they use the words to suit what they want them to mean and not how they were initially intended. Same words but different meanings as the story progresses.

Answer 4

Think about it, in the book, the ones with the higher vocabulary were in charge, correct? If you an speak powerfully, it rarely matters what you're saying as long as you get everyone to back you up. The Pigs were domineering and put themselves at the top of the list, even though they were the ones to blame the entire time.

Answer 5

elevate like to elevate someone to build them up, it's a positive form of manipulation

Answer 6

So simple a thing as 'thinking' or 'remembering' will conjure voices inside of us. Usually, we take them for granted, believing them to be a natural and indivisible part of us. It is only when our attention is forcibly focused on these 'voices' that we begin to feel queasy and self-conscious that the inner-most company we keep has been exposed to scrutiny. Our thoughts, ruminations, dreams and fantasies are 'personal.' We don't like being held publicly accountable for them.

Answer 7

eww, i hated that book. i think he elevated the language because you know it's all about politics. some people don't fully understand politics but he wrote it as if they did or knowing that only the people who DID understand would fully understand

Answer 8

Omg i'm reading that book in English class. It probobly means to use bigger words. o_o