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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
During the 50's and 60's, Norman Mailer would often partake in many types of drugs and alcohol.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} | During the 50's and 60's, it was rumored that Norman Mailer would often partake in many types of drugs and alcohol.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} People said had a short temper and would frequently engage in head-butting, arm-wrestling, and random punch-throwing.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} For much of the '50s, he drifted, frequently drunk or stoned or both.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} This is due to his habit of overspending and recent projects not preforming as well as his previous works.{{sfn|Manand|2013}} | ||
Norman was waiting on a hearing of a charge of disorderly conduct because of a tussle over a tab of $7.60 the week before at a jazz club, Birdland.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} The Mailers had been married for six years at that point. Adele told the arresting detectives the night of November 20th that he had been displaying "homicidal tendencies" and their family had been attempting to get him to see a psychiatrist.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} Time after time, his wife saw how toxic, pugnacious, and depressed Norman could be.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} Everyone and everything became targets, their marriage was no exception.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} | |||
==The Incident== | ==The Incident== | ||
In 1960, Mailer decided to run for mayor of New York.{{sfn|Lennon|2013|p=282}} On November 19th, 1960, in an effort to boost the campaign, the Mailers hosted a party.{{cn}}{{Copy edit inline}} The attendees of this event however would be given a clear insight into Mailer's irregular mental state at the time, as it was reported that alongside the formal guests, many individuals had come straight from the streets.{{sfn|National Post|2015}}. Mailer cursed and told the crowd to shut up when being interrupted{{sfn|Schwartzman |2019}}. He shouted: “You’re nothing but a bunch of spoiled pigs!” {{sfn|Schwartzman |2019}}. As the hours passed, many of the guests including Mailer had become heavily intoxicated, and quarrels broke out. {{sfn|Mills|1982|p=221|}} An argument between Mailer and his sister regarding the campaign came up, resulting in Mailer assaulting her.{{cn}} The Mailer couple themselves began arguing when Adele Morales tried to defend her. Mailer had begun physically attacking the other guests and then proceeded to leave and fight those who were not involved with the party.{{cn}} When he had returned at around 4:30 a.m., witnesses say that Morales taunted Mailer's masculinity and literary talents during their argument.{{sfn|Cornwell|2015|}} | In 1960, Mailer decided to run for mayor of New York.{{sfn|Lennon|2013|p=282}} On November 19th, 1960, in an effort to boost the campaign, the Mailers hosted a party.{{cn}}{{Copy edit inline}} The attendees of this event however would be given a clear insight into Mailer's irregular mental state at the time, as it was reported that alongside the formal guests, many individuals had come straight from the streets.{{sfn|National Post|2015}}. Mailer cursed and told the crowd to shut up when being interrupted{{sfn|Schwartzman |2019}}. He shouted: “You’re nothing but a bunch of spoiled pigs!” {{sfn|Schwartzman |2019}}. As the hours passed, many of the guests including Mailer had become heavily intoxicated, and quarrels broke out. {{sfn|Mills|1982|p=221|}} An argument between Mailer and his sister regarding the campaign came up, resulting in Mailer assaulting her.{{cn}} The Mailer couple themselves began arguing when Adele Morales tried to defend her. Mailer had begun physically attacking the other guests and then proceeded to leave and fight those who were not involved with the party.{{cn}} When he had returned at around 4:30 a.m., witnesses say that Morales taunted Mailer's masculinity and literary talents during their argument.{{sfn|Cornwell|2015|}} | ||
She yelled “Toro! Toro!” to further ridicule Mailer’s bullfighter fetish, their routine of making public displays of their distress hit bottom. In a blind rage, Mailer thrust with a penknife and with two striking blows. {{sfn|Moore |2020}} He stabbed Morales once in the back and once in the upper abdomen, near her heart.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} As she lay there, hemorrhaging, a man at the party came to assist her and Mailer | She yelled “Toro! Toro!” to further ridicule Mailer’s bullfighter fetish, their routine of making public displays of their distress hit bottom. In a blind rage, Mailer thrust with a penknife and with two striking blows. {{sfn|Moore |2020}} He stabbed Morales once in the back and once in the upper abdomen, near her heart.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} As she lay there, hemorrhaging, a man at the party came to assist her and Mailer yelled, "Get away from her. Let the bitch die."{{sfn|Hari|2007}}. | ||
She was not taken to the hospital until three hours after the altercation.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} After arriving at the hospital, she said that she was at a party and fell onto a broken bottle, though doctors were skeptical.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} She told the police after that "He didn't say anything, he just looked at me. He didn't say a word. He just stabbed me".{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} | She was not taken to the hospital until three hours after the altercation.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} After arriving at the hospital, she said that she was at a party and fell onto a broken bottle, though doctors were skeptical.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} She told the police after that "He didn't say anything, he just looked at me. He didn't say a word. He just stabbed me".{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} | ||