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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...