As you read your biography, it is important to think about the relationship between the author and the subject. If it is a person writing about his or her own life (autobiograhy), this could be said to be a very close relationship. If it is a person writing about someone else, he or she must have had a reason for this choice. Did they admire this person? Feel compelled to criticize them? Either way, it is a form of bias.
What motivations might your author have had for publishing this story? Money? Fame? Respect? Revenge? To convince others of a point of view? Keep these in mind as well.
Read with a cynical eye. Read with a sympathetic eye too.
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