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A 4 page paper which examines and analyzes David Remnick's book "King of the World," a book about the life and career of Muhammad Ali. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
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still is today. His work examines the career of Ali while also examining the world around Ali, and the world of boxing. The following paper examines and analyzes Remnicks work.
King of the World In the prologue to Remnicks book he presents us with Muhammad Ali today, and also the Ali of yesterday. He presents this and indicates that
Ali was, perhaps, the most loved figure of his day, and that he is still powerfully loved today. Remnick states, "Of all the sixties icons-the Kennedys, King, Malcolm X, John
Lennon, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Mickey Mantle-only a few are left, and Ali is, by far, the most adored among them" (Remnick xvi). In this we can assume that perhaps
Remnick is stating that Ali is the most adored among those that are still living. If he was saying that Ali was the most adored of all those names mentioned
he would likely be quite wrong for there is surely a far more powerful, almost cultish, adoration of Elvis and a great and powerful love that endures regarding King and
Malcolm X who were men who made a difference in the world. Remnick states, in the prologue, that Ali, in the best days, knew that everyone knew him and
knew who he was. He relied on the fact that people loved and adored him. For the most part we, as readers and people with knowledge of Ali, know that
he is generally a man who so honestly believed that he was loved that most people could not help but be attracted and intrigued by him. It was his charisma,
his arrogance that was all but pure and simple, that really seemed to allow Ali to make his way into the hearts of people. Remnick presents us with this image
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