Who Killed Benny Paret Analysis

Our society is not what it once was. The number one cause of changes in the world is society. People have become rebellious toward anything that is not exactly what they believe. People keep changing everything as if they are changing their socks. Change is always happening and people do not seem to notice. If people do not change their habits, then society will soon become heartless. The lack of sympathy, concern, and security are three main factors that have led to a divided and sometimes apathetic society.

Most people around the world lack sympathy. Norman Cousins, the author of “Who Killed Benny Paret?” talks about how people become blind to their own actions. The author says, “The time the crowd comes alive is when a man is hit so hard over the heart of the head, when his mouthpiece flies out, when the

Martin Gansberg, who wrote “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police,” talks about how people reacted about not contacting police after a girl was attacked three times. Martin says, “The man explained that he had called the police after much deliberation. He had phoned a friend in Nassau County for advice, and then he had crossed the roof of the building to the apartment of the elderly woman to get her to make the call. ‘I didn’t want to get involved,’ he sheepishly told police” (122). His actions show that the one man who wanted to call the authorities was too scared to call. Norman Cousins talks about how heartless society is when it comes to death. Cousins says, “A young man by the name of Benny Paret was killed in the ring. The killing was seen by millions; it was on television. In the twelfth round, he was hit hard in the head several times, went down, was counted out, and never came out of the coma” (341). Even though it may shock people, it does not stop people from attending the next fight. The lack of concern people have towards death is a cause of the apathetic society we live