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Both the texts are on ‘freedom’. Comment on the difference in the style of treatment of the topic in them.

Both the text is on the topic freedom but both refer on the same topic with a different style in the first text George Bernard Shaw treats freedom as a condition when an individual is free from external control over his thoughts and actions. Independence includes the complete freedom to live peacefully and people must be free from all the problems that they are facing otherwise it is slavery and the text discusses various aspects of freedom with reference to human society.

In the second text freedom and discipline and interrelation among both the aspects with great concept, clarity is being discussed by the author. According to the author the more you resist or struggle against something, the less you comprehend it. Surely, it is only when there is


freedom, real freedom to think, to discover—that you can find out anything. Freedom has wider aspects to think and real freedom is beyond the reach of a common man.


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Notice how this contributes to the effectiveness of the writing.

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Notice the use of personal pronouns in the two texts. Did this make you identify yourself more with the topic than if it had been written in an impersonal style? As you read the texts, were you able to relate the writer’s thoughts on the way you lead your own life?