When Shaw makes a statement he supports it with a number of examples. Identify two sections of the text which explain a statement with examples. Write down the main statement and the examples.

Notice how this contributes to the effectiveness of the writing.

Example 1.

If you live in a civilized country your freedom is restricted by the laws of the land enforced by the police, who oblige you to do this, and not

to do that, and to pay rates and taxes. If you do not obey these laws the courts will imprison you, and, if you go too far, kill you.

Example 2.

For instance, you are told by your parents and your teachers what is right and what is wrong, what is bad and what is beneficial. You know what people say, what the priest says, what tradition says, and what you have learned in school. All this forms a kind of enclosure within which you live; and, living in that enclosure, you say you are free.