“john white and roanoke” and “john white’s narrative of the 1590 voyage to virginia” both tell the same story, but in different ways. how are two passages similar and different in terms of how the authors present their interpretation of events?

John White and Roanoke is a biographical text written by Brendan Wolfe which portrays the life and major events of John White. On the other hand, John White’s Narrative of the 1590 Voyage to Virginia is an account of the main events written by John White himself. 

When we contrast the two texts, the first difference we can notice is the narrator's perspective used in each. Because Brendan Wolfe is a writer talking about John White, this text uses third-person narrative. Furthermore, the author does not reveal any feelings and/or thoughts about the events he is mentioning ("And John White—a painter thrust into the uncomfortable role of leader—died alone three years later."), so we can conclude that the perspective used is third-person objective point-of-view.

However, while John White records the events of his life, he does so from his own perspective. This tells us that he is using first-person narrative. Furthermore, while the speaker does include very little information to describe his emotions, he indeed includes some details ("But although it much grieved me to see such spoil of my goods, yet on the other side I greatly joyed that I had safely found a certain token of their safe being at Croatoan,...). This confirms our theory of this text being narrated in first person point-of-view.

Both texts narrate the events of Mr. White's attempt to settle his colony Virginia. However, while the second text is a detailed account, the first text is short and concise.