Wayne Gretzky: Comparing Two Biographies

Wayne Gretzky: Comparing Two Biographies


     In this essay, I need to compare two biographies of a famous person. I

will plot out the difference and compare the two books considering point of

view, bias, aim, omission, interest and interpretation. This person is my hero

and idol. He is one of the great player in the history of hockey. He set the

all-time NHL scoring record in 26 seasons and got four Stanley cup in a row

from 1984-1988. He is Wayne Gretzky, the most brilliant and talent hockey

player in this century. Ichose the "Gretzky and Taylor" and "Gretzky with Rick

Reilly.

     The book "Gretzky with Rick Reilly was an autobiography. It showed how

Wayne Gretzky from his AHL to a famous NHL player. In this book, there were a

lot of Gretzky's childhood. We knew that Wayne Gretzky could skate at two years

old. He was well known by people at six. When he was ten, he was signing

autographs and had a national magazine article written about him. A thirty-

minutes national television show done on him at fifteen. It also talk about

Gretzky's hero when he was a kid. He was a funny guy. He was Gretzky's hockey

instructor. He was also his lacrosse, baseball basketball and cross country

coach. He was not only coach, but also trainer and chauffeur. Gretzky called

him dad, his name was Walter. However, in the book "Gretzky and Taylor", it did

not  show anything in Gretzky's childhood. It was started when Gretzky became

the NHL player, a member of Edmonton Oiler's rookie. How he became the hall of

the frame. The description of this book was very interesting. The writer show

the thing through the game. For example the first chapter was talking about

the 1984 Stanley Cup final between the Edmonton Oilers and New York Islander.

     "Wayne," he said, "don't worry about not scoring so far. Just make sure

that when you do get a  goal for us is a big one. " (Page 15 Gretzky and Taylor

) From this conversation, we could know what had happen at that time. So, there

was different between the point of view of those two books.

     Although this two books had the different point of view, they both had

the same aim. They also showed to young people that worked hard was the only

source  of success. In the book "Gretzky with Rick Reilly", Gretzky showed his

talent when he was young. He was national knew at six. There was even a wild

rumors  that the New York Rangers were going to buy the entry Brantford Pee Wee

franchise, so that they had the right to take him when he turn the greater. But

behind the success, did you know how much Gretzky put on the hockey. In the

winter, Gretzky would get in the mourning, skated from seven o' clock to eight-

thirty, went to school, came back home atThis is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!


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