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"Proud club fighter who had become welterweight champion because of his unusual ability to take a punch. "
Mailer writes from a place of respect, praising Paret for his talents in boxing. I think this quote itself, despite being one of the opening lines, shows us that we're reading from the perspective of the author. A view in defense of Benny Parat

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Mailer shown Paret in a better light. In the last paragraph, the way he wrote it made Paret seem honorable and the setting was glorified. He wrote "...as if he were saying, "I didn't know I was going to die just yet."; Paret did not actually say this so this came from what Mailer thought he would've said if he did. This clearly shows his perspective about Paret. In the last half of the 2nd paragraph, Mailer described Griffith's actions as "a baseball bat demolishing a pumpkin." and "if he had been able to break loose...he would habe jumped Paret to the floor and whaled on him there." This made Griffith seem like a person that cannot control their violence and a man who lost all senses.

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When he wrote the story, he painted Griffith to be this uncontrollable monster, that had no other desire than to kill Paret. He talked very positively about Paret in the first paragraph and praised him as a fighter. When he talked about how Paret got defeated, I think he dramatized it. He made it seem like Paret died right in front of him, I think this also attributed to him making Griffith the monster.
"He had left the garden, he was back on hoodlum's street." He implied that the fight got out of hand and Griffith took it too far.

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The author made it seem like griffith was an evil man or something, from his perspective it seems like he just wanted to be prideful and heroic i guess.

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the way Norman Mailer described Benny Paret verses Griffith seemed pretty bias, he made it seem as if Paret died at the rink when in reality he dies 10 days later at the hospital, he made Griffith seem like some kind of maniac, like he was some kind of out of control killer when we don't know the full story.

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The author made it seem like he died in the midst of the boxing match. When in reality he died a couple of days later. I also thought about how he was only focusing on how bad of a person Griffith was. When people fight ( especially professional boxers) the objective is to hurt the other person and at the same time avoid getting hurt yourself. That is the simple truth in boxing.

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The reading made Griffith seem like a monster he was very obviously biased. He didn't tell why he was so aggressive he only gave his attention to the negative.

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i believe the authors  perspective
is that Norman started off great but he slowly started to become a faliuer"because of his unusual ability to take a punch. His style of fighting was to take three punches to the head in order to give back two. At the end of ten rounds, he would still be bouncing, his opponent would have a headache" when this went bad''Griffith won most of the early rounds, but Paret knocked Griffith down in the sixth''

Steven Dozier Jr.

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Norman Mailer described both men vastly differently. He seemed to admire Benny Paret and made him seem amazing. He described Griffith with harsh words, stating that he was uncontrollable and a hoodlum. He almost glorified Paret's death and made it seem like he died there when he actually died later. "Paret died on his feet", this Griffith seem even worse. Mailer was a big fan of boxing, but I believe since he enjoyed Paret so much he had bias towards him.

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Based on this reading, we are able to tell that Norman Mailer is trying to portray Griffith as a monster. This is seem throughout the reading in multiple instances but the one which stood out to me the most was, "If he had been able to break loose from his handlers and the referee, he would have jumped Paret to the floor and whaled him right there." Now at first this quote may not have to much significance, but once you take a moment to dissect it you are able to see a whole new story being uncovered. The first part of the quote mentions that without the restraints being given to Griffith he would have been able to beat Paret past death. Using the expression whaled him is referring to whenever an animal gets "whaled" on the beach. This expression means that the animal is unable to survive in their current habitat and therefore die. Basically Norman is saying that Griffith would have been that force which made Paret unable to live any longer.

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Mailer is clearly on the side of Paret. In the first paragraph, he talks highly of Paret. Even the referee saw Paret in this light, somewhat leading to Paret's death, as the referee didn't stop the fight because he expected Paret to hit right back even harder.
Mailer also makes Griffith seem horrible. He writes that, "Griffith was in like a cat ready to rip the life out of a huge boxed rat." and "Griffith was uncontrollable. His trainer leaped into the ring, his manager, his cut man, there were four people holding Griffith, but he was off on an orgy, he had left the Garden, he was back on a hoodlum’s street."

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I think Norman was of the opinion that Peret was the hero that was struck down by the evil Griffith. That Griffith was nothing more than a cold blooded killer looking to take out one of the best boxers of that time. He made Peret's death out as something heroic or honorable when in reality it was just a terrible accident.

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The way the author described it as a beat down and how he wouldn't stop until he was basically dead showed how the author had bias against Griffith. The author made no effort to describe Griffith as a good person or that it was just a match. He instead made it sound like he was trying to kill him. We learned afterwards that griffith tried to go to the hospital to see Peret.

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The author wrote about Griffith as if he was someone who can't be controlled. He states that many people can't hold griffith down and how he attacked Paret again. He described Paret as if he knew him really well.

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When he wrote the piece his bias was shown because when he used to words to describe Griffith he made him out to be a horrible person, " he had left the garden, he was back on hoodlum's street" He was a writer and some of the things he said about Paret showed sympathy towrds him.

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you could tell which side he was on easily in the reading. He was against Griffith. He made it seem like he was a monster and wanted him dead. without telling how much he regrets killing him.

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The author perspective showed it like that Griffith was a bad person that just killed him. The author didn't show all of the perspectives so we only get that one from his perspective from what he wrote. The author was a bad person from stabbing his wife so he might have made Griffith seem like a bad person when he wasn't because after the fight Griffith went to the hospital but they didn't let him in and after Paret died he just felt really guilty.

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"Some part of his death reached out to us." This is very sympathetic towards Paret, If he had sided with Griffith he would not have felt the effects of Paret's death so strongly in his soul. This effectively revels Mailer's bias towards Paret in this article.

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the author portrayed Griffith as a monster and called him uncontrollable while cheering for Paret to set Griffith up as the antagonist of the story and give Paret a better more heroic light

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"Griffith was in like a cat ready to rip the life out of a huge boxed rat. " (Death of Benny Paret) Mailers beliefs are clear as crystal, particularly in his vivid imagery. His words show his clear bias against Griffith. However, it is to be noted that he was a first person observer, and to watch the event in which a person was killed could be traumatic and surely left a mark on him. The reason for his bias could be assumed to be his account of the story, having watched it all himself.

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Based on the research we did Norman had some heavy opinions on things that he wrote and you can tell based off his writing what the authors perspective was influenced on his beliefs

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norman wrote in a way that dint show why griffith was so aggressive towards paret or mention how regretful griffith was after parets passing the article only spoke on how strong and brave the referee and paret where for how they handled griffith showing him as a monster.

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The author was obviously biased and had strong opinions. The way the article was written gave the idea that griffith was the bad guy and that he had killed him in cold blood, right then and there. When in reality he was just doing his job and benny died days later. I believe that the writing was influenced by what he had going on in his personal life.

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We find the author has severe bias against murderers, as he felt it is a "No good, scummy thing to do" after he did it. Whilst death is inevitable, the hastening of it is a crime; hence, it should not be committed. I'm quite sure that murder is bad, and that the author is against murder, making Benny's death seem heroic rather than pitiful.

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Norman described the boxing match from his point of view though it does sound like he was kinda biased and against Benny paret

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He was a writer, he wrote 12 novels in 59 years. He was also an actor, a film maker, an activist and more. In 1950 Norman became a writer and his work became highly known, his personal life was the opposite he was heavily in drugs and was violent and he was giving a sentence after stabbing his wife while drunk.

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The author behind the article, emphasized and described his feelings in a way that painted a negative version of who Griffith really was a person.

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Norman in his lifetime was able to write and publish 12 award winning books and directed and acted in some low budget movies.

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The article was very clearly biased towards Benny Paret and against Emilie Griffith.

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the author had an event happen that changed his perspective of the world.

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He portrayed Griffith as the bad guy, though I believe he was just doing his job. I feel like his writing was affected by the time frame and his life. His view on the whole thing was very clear.

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The way he wrote the story was in a perspective of Griffith as a bad guy and if people were to read it not knowing the story they would most likely view it in the same way. But through research and reading the story we can tell that there is more to it and different perspectives.

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Norman Mailer very clearly emphasizes and describes the boxing match between Benny Paret and Emilie Griffith as something that was along the lines of a one-sided killing. Griffith is painted as a cold-blooded villain with no restraint, having to be held back by 4 men. Paret was painted of that of a hero in the beginning of the article, and then a victim. Mailer's views are very clear.

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The author wrote Griffith as a monster who killed Paret on purpose when in reality he felt guilty for what he had done. Griffith even tried to go to the hospital where Paret was to try to make amends but was denied entry.

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Norm was a heavily-opinionated guy as you can tell thru his writing, when he published the article about Benny Paret's death you could tell what his stance on the whole situation was pretty clearly.

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Norman voiced his opinion within this article very heavily it was very obvious who he wanted to win and how he felt about the person he was fighting. Nik B3

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Mailer was an accomplished writer, who wrote many other award winning books in his lifetime, and had wrote some before this point. - Oliver

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The author sees Paret as this ¨larger than life¨ figure, painting him almost like a fallen hero

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i think his writing was affected by his life and views on things because he has done a lot of different things, he was a play writer an actor so i think that it could've taken a toll on how he analyzed things- Ava Musuraca

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i think his writing was affected by his life and views on things because he has done a lot of different things, he was a play writer an actor so i think that it could've taken a toll on how he analyzed things- Ava Musuraca

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In my research I found out he also directed and acted in some low budget movies.

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The story seems to place Peret in a more positive light, saying that he was brave and superhuman. It places his opponent in a more negative light, which makes sense, it seems Mailer was rooting for Perez, and he was killed, so obviously he wouldn't want make the other guy look good.

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Norman Mailer published this article about Benny Paret's death and made it seem like the cause of his death was a evil evil guy. Norman was a very accomplished writer as well.

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I feel like the way of his writing was affected by his time frame, he watched a lot of evolution happen and things progress which is why he might be so descriptive because he see's life different. MAYBE - Julieana B3

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I feel like the way of his writing was affected by his time frame, he watched a lot of evolution happen and things progress which is why he might be so descriptive because he see's life different. MAYBE - Julieana B3