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Paper 2: Paret                            Due date: 09/25/92

     In the passage about Paret, the effect ultimately
desired by the author is that the readers should sympathize
with and admire Paret while in their minds Griffith should
become the abominable villain. To attain this effect the
author organized the passage strategically and used a great
deal of imagery.

     The passage is organized into three paragraphs and each
deals with a different stage in Paret's story. Each paragraph
also deals with a different stage in the author's strategy.
The first paragraph is a profile of Paret and it is designed
to provoke our admiration for him.  The second paragraph is a
detailed description of the grisly events of Paret's final
fight, designed to violently provoke your emotions. The
author begins paragraph three with, "and Paret?" as if we had
almost forgotten about him amidst our passionate emotional
exercise. The paragraph then describes Paret's death in such
words that his death becomes unmistakably noble. The effect
is a sobering one where the reader realizes the reality of
what has happened and the desired effect of making Paret's
death unforgettable is attained by moving the reader into a
thoughtful, melancholy mood.

     An interesting device that the author uses in his
organizational strategy is to occasionally hint at what may
occur in the near future of the narrative. For instance at
the end of the first paragraph, after much praise, the author
leaves one line about how for the last two years Paret has
taken some "bad maulings." By saying this at the end of a
paragraph full of admiration for the character, the author
hints at ominous upcoming events. The author also indirectly
indicates that the reader's sympathy will be needed shortly
as it is in the next paragraph. The device is used again in
the next paragraph where it is said that Paret took "much too
long" to turn around. I feel that this is a hint at Paret's
later death because if it was not, then the word "much" would
probably have been omitted. It seems that the only reason
the word "much" was included was to indicate that this delay
in turning around was a final mistake. This device is used
again in the third paragraph where it is said that "some part
of his death reached out to us." This hints that a










mood of thoughtfulness and melancholy will be created soon
because the phrase indicates a higher level of thought, a
spiritual or supernatural level. The hint proves to be
correct as such a mood is soon created.

     There are various moods that are created at different
points in the passage. A great deal of imagery is used for
this purpose. For instance when the author wished to express
the action and violence of the moment when Griffith goes into
his final attack he uses such fantastically graphic similes
as "whipping like a piston rod which has broken through the
crankcase" or "a baseball bat demolishing a pumpkin." These
similes not only create graphic images in the mind's eye but
the reader can actually hear a piston rod banging violently
and a bat bashing a pumpkin to bits, scenes of utter
violence, making the author's attempt at expression highly
successful. Earlier, the author fits Griffith and Paret into
a situation between a hunter and the hunted when he says,
"Griffith caught him. Paret got trapped in a corner."  In the
next few sentences he compares Griffith to a violent cat
as he "goes in" to "rip the life out of" Paret, who is
compared to a "huge boxed rat." A scene that depicts the
insane violence of the situation as the two contenders turn
into animals. Later on the author describes Griffith as being
on an "orgy" of violence and back on a "hoodlum's street," a
place where this sort of behavior may be acceptable, thus the
author tries to show the reader that this fight had become so
violent that it didn't even belong in a boxing ring, a
frightening thought, as it was meant to be. The author also
places a graphic simile at the end of the whole passage and
leaves a sound echoing in the head of the reader as he
describes the sound of Griffith's blows as a "heavy ax in the
distance chopping into a wet log."

     In the first paragraph the description of Paret as a
"proud club fighter" with an "unusual ability to take a
punch" and other phrases such as "his style of fighting"
depict Paret as a 'real tough guy' and a seasoned
professional. By the end of the first paragraph the reader is
quite impressed with Paret and has also grown quite fond of
this strong, skilled and almost noble character. The author
takes this feeling that the reader had towards Paret into the
third paragraph where he describes Paret's death. He says
that "Paret died on his feet." A phrase which describes










vividly a scene of a noble man dying with respect and no loss
of pride. The character of Paret is kept in high esteem
throughout the passage and continues through his death, even
when his head leans back when he dies it is described as
still being "erect" a sign that his air of respect and pride
did not disappear even with his death. It is interesting to
note how "death came to breathe about him" instead of
overwhelming him. It is probably because the author wishes to
paint another picture, one where death becomes something like
a sigh when Paret breathes his life out, a noble man giving
in to death but even then it is he who lets death overcome
him slowly and not by force. The author also says that he
"began to pass away" and that his "limbs descended beneath
him" as he "sank slowly" to the floor. The emphasis here is
on everything occurring slowly and on Paret's terms, as he
allows death to overcome him.

     The whole passage is a collage of graphical images and
descriptions which work to portray Paret as a champion who
never loses his respect and even when beat dies at the hands
of a crazed man.
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