Summary Of The Death Of Benny Paret
Cuban- American immigrants have greatly influenced American culture. Cuban traditions infused into music, dance, and art. Benny Paret is just one of the Cuban immigrants who traveled to America. He became a welterweight boxing champion. Norman Mailer, author of The Death of Benny Paret denounces the hypocritical view of sports and boxing in American culture. Mailer uses contrasting analogies and imagery as a device to shape his critical opinion on culture.
As Mailer is describing a fight scene, he says “Griffith was in like a cat ready to rip the life out of a huge boxed rat” (Mailer para 2). This tells me that the fight must have been brutal for Mailer to compare it to a cat getting ready to kill a tiny little mouse. By comparing the boxers
As Mailer is describing a fight scene, he says “Griffith was in like a cat ready to rip the life out of a huge boxed rat” (Mailer para 2). This tells me that the fight must have been brutal for Mailer to compare it to a cat getting ready to kill a tiny little mouse. By comparing the boxers