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Norman Cousins 'Essay Who Killed Benny Paret'

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I believe the essay "Who Killed Benny Paret" better expressed an example of cause and effect writing. Norman Cousins explains in great detail a few cause and effect points about boxing. First, Cousins begins explaining the fight that took Paret's life, because of the foul comment he made to the other fighter Griffith. One of the effects of the fight was Paret going into a coma, and never regaining consciousness. The fight also caused an investigation to be opened which caused the change ofprofessional boxing. I personally think the essay "the Case against Air Conditioning" was less effective in explaining cause and effect writing. From my viewpoint, the cause and affect examples in Stan Cox's essay sounded more like opinions. For example, he
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