Rhetorical Analysis On The Death Of Benny Paret

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Norman Mailer writes about the death of Benny Paret, a Cuban boxer, using various rhetorical strategies to create lifelike imagery and sensations. The effect produced is that the reader feels like they are actually there, spectating the fight and only a couple feet away, spectating the death of Paret. Mailer uses a colloquial diction to achieve this effect, with choices like “whaled” and “orgy”. He chooses these words because they are words that the common man are familiar with and that they understand. Therefore, the reader knows what is taking place and can imagine it more clearly. Furthermore, Mailer’s awed tone helps the reader feel the atmosphere of the fight, therefore feeling as if they were really there, with choices like, “I was hypnotized,”

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