In Simplicity, William Zinsser Asserts That The Society Is Strangling In Unnecessary Words

SimplicityName:Institutional affiliation:SimplicityQuestion 1In “Simplicity,” William Zinsser asserts that the society is strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargons. Zinsser supports his claim by providing clear examples on how the clutter disease has affected the quality of writing. According to Zinsser, many writers fill their writing with unnecessary words that in most cases bring different meaning or affect the reader’s understanding. The author provides scenarios where cluster affects the intended information. He mentions, memos, instructions on child toy box, and many other scenarios that are affected by clutter. He further expressed that the clutter affects the reader who is constantly being assailed by different forces that seeks his or her attention. Therefore, clutter takes away his or her interest and that makes the writing ineffective. The implication of clutter which also relate to my own writing is the loss of readers’ interest on the writing. This thus affects the information and knowledge that the writer wanted to pass across.Question 2According to Zinsser, we can be free from clutter. In his assertion, writers must critically think before writing.