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Meet the  story world– The boxing audience clamors in suspense

Meet the Underworld– Black protagonist begins in the underworld- The underworld is the tunnel.

Meet the Protagonist/Character meets story– The ring walk- Ali walks in- Beat 1

Meet the Figurative Healer– The aspect in the setup designed to heal the protagonist when he falls- Dr. Pachecko

Meet the Figurative Hype Man– What prompts your protagonist to get incited- Bundini Brown enters before Ali representing the igniter of his cause

Meet the Heightened World/Character World–  Part of the story where the character and his world come together-Ali enters the ring dances shows his acceptance of his worldly reality- Beat 2

Meet the Lair–  The underground for the Antagonist , also a tunnel.

Meet the Protagonists Beauty– Ali showcases his handsome aesthetic

Meet the Antagonist– Frazier’s ring walk

Meet Mr. Charlie–  Commentator represents the White man architect that gives the fight of “not falling “ it’s structure. As structure creator he dictates the Protagonists morale. – The commentator delineates match rules– Beat 3

Meet the Stories Inner Voice– The Ring Announcer lists the purpose of both Protagonist and Antagonists- Part of the story where the mission is dictated to the reader

Meet the Stare Down– Part of the story where the protagonist sees his fate- Ali stares down Frazier but is staring at his fate/destiny

Meet Fate Contending with it’s Vessel– Part of the story where fate is personified and contends with it’s vessel- Frazier mouths back to Ali– Beat 4

Meet the Body Collision– The part of the story where the Protagonist and the Antagonist arcs meet- Bodies collide while fighting, though punches are thrown they are merely choices of words- Beat 5

Meet the Protagonist Rallying the Story World – Part of the story where the Protagonist tries to rally the world about him, it may succeed, it may fail- Ali shakes his head at the crowd.

Meet the Unraveling/Inciting Incident– Point in the story where the protagonist is dealt the first major blow to his undoing- Frazier hits Ali with a left hook

Meet the Tactic– Part of the story where the Antagonist reveals the technique to his attack- Smoking Joe starts smoking- Beat 6

Meet the Psychological Warfare– Part of the story where the protagonist issues taunts to the antagonist, not accepting it.- Ali taunts Frazier

Meet the Transition– Part of the story where the antagonist now becomes fate- Ali’s mission is to beat Frazier, Frazier comes out in round 3 bleeding- Beat 7

Meet the Retaliation– Fate fights back- Frazier goes wild throwing punches

Meet The Relenting– The part of the story where the Protagonist begins to tire from fate warring with him- Ali begins to hold Frazier- round 3

Meet the Loosening– Part of the story where the Fate strikes hard enough to hurt the protagonist and second-guesses his abilities- Ali is hit with two huge uppercuts –Beat 8

Meet the Dominance– The part of the story where fate makes a mockery of the Protagonists efforts- Frazier laughs at Ali

Meet the Measurement– The part of the story where the protagonist assesses the magnitude of his journey- Ali measures Frazier for distance

Meet the Toying– Part of the story where the protagonist toys with the fate- Ali toys with Frazier

THE MISSION BECOMES FATE- Beat 9- MIDPOINT

Meet the Second Transition– part of the story where the story world captures the Protagonist warring with fate in the character world- The cameras in the crowd flash vibrantly, Ali sits in corner, stands and crowd roots for him

Meet the Pulling– Part of the story where fate pulls the protagonist toward his unraveling- Frazier yanks Ali off the ropes

Meet the Cheap Shot– Part of the story where the protagonist cheats fate- Ali hits Frazier after the bell- Beat 9

Meet the Rallying– Part of the story where the protagonist demonstratively defies fate and despair- Ali wins round 9 fighting valiantly, one of Ali’s best rounds- desperation round

Meet the Pushing– Part of the story where fate pushes the protagonist to his edge- Frazier keeps pushing Ali on the ropes.

Meet Fate’s Obstruction– Part of the story where the protagonist causes his fate to unravel- Frazier has a problem with his eye- Beat 10

Meet Becoming of the Viewer/The Cognizance– Point in the story where the protagonist becomes the observer of his own fate.- Writing as if the character is watching what’s happening to him from outside of his body/he’s almost aware he’s in a story- Outer body experience- The camera angles change depicting Ali as a giant

Meet the Slipping/The Foreshadowing The part of the story where the protagonist looses grip with reality- Ali slips and falls to the mat, no knockdown- Beat 11

Meet the Request– Part of the story where the Protagonist realizing he’s in a story calls fate to him so that he can get out of it- want to get out of the surreal world and into the real world-Pinocchio wants to be a boy.- Ali waves Frazier to him

Meet Rebelling Against The Conscience– The Part of the Story where the Protagonist pushes or disregards his conscience- The conscience is embodied by the referee/Ali pushes the ref.- Beat 12

Meet the Stumbling– Part of the story where the main character gets rocked and is kept in the story by his literary borders-/the writer- tries to sabotage himself to leave the character world- Ali gets hit hard and almost falls out of the ring but is saved by the ropes.

Meet the Running Away– Part of the story where the Protagonist is running away from fate realizing that he’ll never leave the story if he hits the mat because the he’ll be too embarrassed and the controversy will never let him leave- Ali runs from Frazier afraid of getting knocked out- Beat 13

Meet the Epithet– The part of the story where Mr. Charlie calls the protagonist out of his name in subtext or in context- as the Black writer, are you Mr. Charlie? Are you writing from the perspective of the Liberator or the Oppressor?- The commentator calls Ali a boy twice

Meet the Clashing of Heads– The part of the story where the Protagonist and Fate lock horns like rams, the locking of ideals/philosophies-  Ali and Frazier collide heads continuously in round 13

Meet Mr. Charlie’s proliferation– The part of the story where Mr. Charlie empowers a set of beliefs- The commentator calls Frazier a man between rounds 13 and 14 proliferating the notion that Christianity is distinguished and Islam is juvenile- Beat 14

Meet the Be-Holding– The part of the story where the protagonist re-associates Fate with the Antagonist and holds him to stop his unraveling- Ali holds onto Frazier for dear life

Meet Fate Becoming Human– The part of the story where fate feels human pain as the antagonist- Frazier may have a broken jaw between rounds 14 & 15

Meet the Knockdown– The part in the story where the protagonist is stunned by the fusion of fate and Antagonist and unravels- Ali gets knocked to the mat- beat 15

Meet the Monster– The part in the story where the protagonist realizes that Fate is the monstrosity not him- Frazier’s augmented face makes him look like a monster

Meet the Purpose– The part of the story where the Antagonist realizes that the protagonist is coming back together- Ali gets hit with another big left hook but won’t go down, his will and purpose is too great- Beat 16

Meet the Shutting– The part of the story where the antagonist can’t stand to see the coming together of the protagonist- Frazier’s eyes begin to swell shut

Meet the Digression to Man-Child– the part of the story where the antagonist unravels causing fate to change- Frazier digresses to a child clutching onto Yancee Duram like a child needing a father’s embrace- beat 17

Meet the Character World Metamorphasis- The part of the story where the heightened world has been transformed by having the story world and the character world merge- The ring is filled with a litany of individuals after the fight. At this point you the writer become a character in your own script.

Meet the World’s Roar– The part of the story where the character’s world change causes the outside world to change- The crowd roars in anticipation

Meet Security– Part of the story where the rest of the story world is kept from the character world- Security guards keep additional people outside the ring

Meet the Conference– the part of the story where the protagonist revisits his inspiration, his hype man/ emotional motivations- Ali confers with Bundini Brown

Meet the Score/The Judging- The part of the story where it’s inner voice reveals how the Protagonist was judged- Ali and Frazier are given their score’s by the announcer- Beat 18

Meet the Exodus– The part of the story where fate leaves the story world for the antagonist’s lair- Frazier leaves the ring headed for the tunnel

Meet the Mayhem/The Climax– The part of the story where the character world leaves it’s confines and spills into the story world and chaos ensues.  –Beat 19

Meet the Robbery– The part of the story where the Protagonist realizes that he was robbed by fate- The commentators agree that the fight was close even though it was a landslide unanimous decision by the judges

Meet The Humiliation of Archie Moore– The part of the story where Mr. Charlie belittles Black cultural dominance to uplift the white power structure- even though, technically, the Protagonist lost, he really won, but what was ultimately denounced was blackness. –the commentator berates and belittles Archie Moore by publically scoffing at his getting knocked out by Rocky Marciano. Archie Moore is the longest heavyweight titleholder in history- Beat 20

Meet the Get Back– The part of the story where the voice of blackness rebukes or defies the white power structure for mocking Black culture- Archie Moore suggests that Muhammad Ali and his brother Rahman Ali were slighted on the cards with their losses, with Rahaman loosing to an Irish fighter

Meet the Trial – The part of the story where the Protagonist comes to terms with the fact that he’s being tried by the judicial system which is that which torments his psyche- the commentator references that Ali is on trial with the Supreme Court and Ali surely faced the reality of his potential loss of freedom- Beat 21

Meet the Restoration– The part of the story where the image of the protagonist fallen is an image of his grandeur- the movie of the fight ends with Ali on the ground but the life spark that started in the story world and pierced through the character world dissolved into the hand of the Ali. He’s got the whole world in his hand, the whole wide world in his hand.