Elements of a biography and autobiography
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Biography is a detailed account of a person's life written by someone else where as an autobiography is written by the subject themselves. In a biography the author requires to do a detailed study of the subject's life where as in an autobiography, the subject expresses his own emotions, thoughts and feelings. A biography is written in third person point of view where as an autobiography is written in first person. A biography may or may not require the authorization of the subject, where as an autobiography doesn't require the authorization of the subject as it's written by the subject themselves. The purpose of a biography is to inform the reader of the subject's life and the facts the author has collected about the subject, where as the purpose of an autobiography is to express the emotions and thoughts of the subject, as well as to inform the reader of the subject's life. Both biography and autobiography are non-fiction in nature.