Writer's use of his own experiences

As you have seen, in the article “The truth about male friendship” by Sarfraz Manzoor, the writer uses his own experiences in order to cover the mechanisms of male friendship. Being a male himself and having been in a friendship for 25 years makes his personal story relevant to the topic.

Possible reasons as to why the author chose to illustrate male friendship through a personal experience are:

• Readers are more likely to emphasise with personal stories.
• It makes the article less formal and thus attractive to different types of audiences.
• It gives the article variation, as it mixes general information and ideas with the writer’s experience.
• The writer’s own experience serves as an example and an argument for the main ideas put forward about friendship.

One of the most important points about the way the author uses his own experience in the article is that he makes analogies between general ideas concerning male friendship and his own relationship with Amolak:

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