Wayne Gretzky - Comparison of two Biographies
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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...
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Both two books were very interesting, not only the words but a lot of pictures. These pictures could make the books more interested but also gave readers the image how Gretzky played hockey. And the interpretation, both two books had some statistic in the back. It showed how many goals, assists, points and many other statistic of Wayne Gretzky. see note 1
Compare of these two books, I could find both very interested and excllent. However, I thought the "Gretzky with Rick Reilly" was a liitle bit better than the other because of the more specify details.
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