When I was five years old, I watched Elvis Presley movies with my Mother and Aunt and, while I didn’t quite understand the storyline of the movies, I still enjoyed listening to his music in the movies. This motivated me to view other biographies and movies of Elvis.
The biography that I am responding to is the biography of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll, Elvis Presley. This biography was written by members of Elvis Australia, the official Elvis Presley Fan Club. It was written on January 1st, 2016, using www.elvis.com.au as a source of information, it also used videos of interviews for information.
Form
This biography is organised in large paragraphs arranged in the chronological order of Elvis Presley’s life, some things are out of order to make a point or show how some things connect. There are links to extra information and videos at the end of certain paragraphs, the links usually link to an article entirely dedicated to a part of the paragraphs above it or a video interview with people who knew Elvis, for example; the …show more content…
The structure of the biography allows the reader to start reading at the beginning of Elvis’ life and read and watch all the way through his career in acting and singing, his family and personal life and his death and then they can read about his achievements, record sales, charitable endeavours and Grammy awards.
Social Context
Though Elvis Presley died in 1977, his music has remained popular. I was born in 1999 and 5 years later I was watching Elvis movies and listening to his music, 27 years after his death! And earlier this year, my mother and aunt had an Elvis-a-thon and watched all of his movies, I was playing video games in the other room, but I couldn’t help but sing along. Even in modern music you see well-known artists doing their own versions of Elvis’ famous
The biography that I am responding to is the biography of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll, Elvis Presley. This biography was written by members of Elvis Australia, the official Elvis Presley Fan Club. It was written on January 1st, 2016, using www.elvis.com.au as a source of information, it also used videos of interviews for information.
Form
This biography is organised in large paragraphs arranged in the chronological order of Elvis Presley’s life, some things are out of order to make a point or show how some things connect. There are links to extra information and videos at the end of certain paragraphs, the links usually link to an article entirely dedicated to a part of the paragraphs above it or a video interview with people who knew Elvis, for example; the …show more content…
The structure of the biography allows the reader to start reading at the beginning of Elvis’ life and read and watch all the way through his career in acting and singing, his family and personal life and his death and then they can read about his achievements, record sales, charitable endeavours and Grammy awards.
Social Context
Though Elvis Presley died in 1977, his music has remained popular. I was born in 1999 and 5 years later I was watching Elvis movies and listening to his music, 27 years after his death! And earlier this year, my mother and aunt had an Elvis-a-thon and watched all of his movies, I was playing video games in the other room, but I couldn’t help but sing along. Even in modern music you see well-known artists doing their own versions of Elvis’ famous