Who Is Mailer's Beastly Diction In The Death Of Benny Paret

Mailer’s beastly diction is characterized in his article “The Death of Benny Paret” through his of animalistic depiction of the sport of boxing. Mailer use words such as “mauling”, “whimpering”, and “dominating” to describe the true nature of boxing. The denotation associated with the word mauling is to wound by scratching or tearing. This is how the boxing match was fought, in a primitive manner where the two boxers are trying to pummel each other. The only goal in a boxing match is to cripple the opponent and Mailer shows this through his beastly diction. Whimpering is what an animal does when it is hurt. Mailer does not use the word crying or weeping as in what a human would do, but instead he use the word whimpering. Mailer is demonstrating