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Walter Dean MyersThe Greatest: Muhammad Ali
Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2001A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
What is the effect of Myers’s decision to treat Ali explicitly as a legendary figure, passing over the less romantic aspects of his biography?
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How does Myers use foreshadowing when recounting Ali’s childhood that gives early insights into the legend he would become? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
3.
Myers offers rare criticism of Ali with regard to his cruel taunting of Joe Frazier. What literary techniques does he use when expressing criticism?
