Power Of Two Comparison

Two texts tasked to inform the readers under the same topic, may differ drastically, especially when they are created for two different audiences. An extraordinary example of this could be discovered when comparing two texts that describe the creation and journey of the British rock band, The Beatles. The two being The Power of Two, an article written by Joshua Shenk, and published by the renown newspaper, The Atlantic, and Greg Clydesdale of the Massey University’s academic journal article known as Creativity and Competition. One of the two texts contains scant amounts of information on a subject only because it must retain attention to their highly educated audience. The other is an academic journal article which contains vast amounts of

There are plenty of examples to support this opinion. For one, let’s focus on the primary subject that the Power of Two tried to cover. The Power of Two tried to paint the image that a lone genius isn’t so alone mentioning “the Lennon-Mccartney partnership reveal how misleading the myth can be, because John and Paul were so obviously more creative as a pair than as individuals”(Shenk), hence the title of the magazine article, The Power of Two. The lone genius is actually a team effort, and The Power of Two only lays this myth to rest by showcasing the two band members over the rest Paul Mccartney and John Lennon.Even though the magazine article has defined why the power of two is better than one, the magazine article was actually wrong. It was actually a trio that rose the Beatles from the laughingstock to the history books. With Paul Mccartney and John Lennon, the journal article has also created an addition to the duo, George Martin. “The Beatles were a team. That had two top composers constantly assisting and raising each other’s standards. They also had George Martin, who brought their images to life.”(Clydesdale, 134). George Martin was in reality, a huge factor to the Beatles success because “in many cases Lennon or Mccartney would have an idea that they wanted to use, but it was Martin who made that sound a reality”(Clydesdale, 135). Skewed information was applied to the magazine article, but incomplete information was also inserted as