Critical analysis of two texts First of all, the two texts are notes of travel experience and exposure to different cultures, traditions and events that reflects through the eyes of two individuals. One of the significant features of these articles to be noted is that they are truly empirical knowledge of historical importance regardless of the time difference. The first article is an extract from the travel journal of an Englishman called Arthur Young, whose writings of travel experience in France became a great historical note of prophesy of French Revolution written in 1792. Whereas the second text is an article written by Ted Simon, the world wide biker and the article came in The Independent in 2003. The experiences are not only different in time and space but the theme of their original thoughts are completely different. Young has shared his impressions on cleanliness in France ranging from housing to personal traits of cleanliness. He compared French and English people in terms of cleanliness and acknowledges the striking difference. For instance, the social etiquette of dining with and without a napkin and the “_hidet_” in France, a bason to wash hands was common in France when it wasn’t in England. One of the important point he made regarding cleanliness is that he thought, the “two nations are divided”, that the “French are cleaner in their persons and the English in their houses”. He avoided being stereotypical as he said, “I speak of the mass of the people, not individuals of considerable fortune”. In addition to that, one of the cultural differences is the “practice of spitting about a room” which was detestable for all people in England when it was not that big deal in France. The both articles are of great historical accounts of primary sources to learn about social, cultural and political plight of the time in the concerned places. One reflects the culture of cleanliness in 18th century in France, comparing it to the contemporary tradition in...