FREE ESSAY ON WAYNE GRETZKY

WAYNE GRETZKY

COMPARE TWO BIOGRAPHIES OF WAYNE GRETZKY
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 at three thirty, stayed on the ice until his mother ready 
the dinner, ate in his skater, then went back out until nine o' clock. On 
Saturday and Sundays, he would have games played with his neighborhood. 
So looked how much times that Gretzky put on the practice and that time 
he was six. Also in the book Gretzky and Taylor, because of Brantford, 
the home of Wayne Gretzky. He left home at fourteen. He moved to Toronto, 
playing with the Toronto Young Nationals, Junior B. The years in Toronto 
were no way for a kid. He was lonely, living without family. But why 
Gretzky chose to do this? It was because he could go to school and nobody 
knew who he was and he would play better hockey. So now we can see how 
Gretzky was so successful.
We could clearly see the omission between these tow book. It was 
because the Gretzky and Taylor was published in 1984, there was a great 
omission in Gretzky's life. This thing happened in 1988, the Edmonton 
Oilers wanted to tread Gretzky to L.A. Kings. That was the most important 
trade in the NHL. The book Gretzky with Rick Reilly was published in 
1900. So it had some more detail in this event. After the Oilers had won 
the fourth Stanley Cup in last five years. The owner of the Oilers Nelson 
Skalbania wanted Oilers to go public, so he could raise money easily. In 
order to go public, he had to get Gretzky out of the personal service 
contract and make Gretzky property of the team. Because Skalbania knew 
what he needed wasn't more Stanley Cups. He didn't need to sell more 
ticket. His arena was already sold out. He need cash. So, now Gretzky 
became a LA. Kings after this huge deal in the NHL history. Talking 
about the bias, I didn't think there had a lot of bias in this two books. 
I could only find a little bias in the book Gretzky with Rick Reilly it 
was because this book was a autobiography, it may had a little bit 
subjective. The part that a felt subjective was the huge deal. In the 
book, it only had people who supported Gretzky to give their comments, no 
one was on the side owner .May be the thing was what the people had said, 
but you should also had the comment of other side. So that people can 
compare by themselves.
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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