A biography is a story written by an author about someone else. An autobiography is a story written by the person itself. Eleanor Roosevelt by William Jay Jacobs is an biography which tells us many important details about her life. Clara Barton by Jeannette Covert Nolan is also an biography which tells us about the problems Clara Barton encounters as well as some important details about her life.Even though, both are seperate and different biographies about different people, both of these stories quiet relate to each other. So, starting from Eleanor Roosevelt. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt is not an autobiography but instead, it is a biography written by William Jacobs. This story mentions everything about Eleanor’s Life from the time she was born till the time she became old. The story goes on in chronological order and mentions important events about her life This matters because it structures the story in the right context to make it a biography Also, in …show more content…
The main things to note in this story is that she was very kind and helped the needy and was determined to make a change. She was from a young poor family and yet she made such a big change for the world. Also, she married for love with the president not for wealth and even after becoming her wife, she still was determine to make an change and help the needy which is why she is known for her hard work and determination, not for being the president's wife. Accordingly in Clay Barton, the story mentions Clay’s adventures and troubles when she was working as an army nurse. The story tells us details about the wounded army soldiers and how Clay changes that and cures the chief’s brother which changes the chief’s thoughts about her from bossy to faithful and hardworking which is why she was one of the greatest nurse’s in history. This matters because this makes Clara Barton the woman everyone remembers