Iris Lemon, the woman whose name is made of two natural plants
In the modern world, it seems everything are made artificially- no matter it is tangible like buildings or intangible like relationship. People become so indulge in it that more and more of them overlook the beauty of nature- just like Roy Hobbs, the main character of this story. With a huge success in baseball field that late-came, Roy got lost in his just-started career life. He was struggled, until he met Iris Lemon, the woman whose life was who appeared in his life unexpectedly, made a difference.
With a name that is made of two natural plants- iris and lemon, the appearance of her echoes with the topic of the book ‘the natural’. In the story, the things that come from natural …show more content…
But with her kindness, perseverance and positiveness she came through it. This makes a great contrast to Memo’s personality who couldn’t stand any hard times. The reason why she came to watch Roy’s game the first time could be an example. “I hate to see a hero fail. There are so few of them.”, “Yes, it’s their (heroes) function to be the best and for the rest of us to understand what they represent and guide ourselves correctly”. Through these direct dialogues, it is easy for readers to observe that Iris has a pure mind that she think heroes should exist and be supported without any further external reason like money and benefits- something non-natural. She supported and showed her believe in Roy by standing up (“naturally” she claimed, it reveals that she does everything following her mind). At the end, Roy regained the …show more content…
Getting into a deeper part of the story, the story become tenser with impressive contents. What’s more, the importance of the existence of Iris could now be further discovered too.
Representing nature, Iris shows the beauty and imperfect of it in her parts of story. Looking at the ‘imperfect’ part, readers may find she was not a perfectly ideal woman, especially for Roy as she became grandmother when she was just 33. That is something nature does- not every seeds can grow up healthily and have a fruitful life. Her painful experience may lead readers to recall Roy’s one but her personality was way different from him. Such conflict may encourage readers to link up the points in their life respectively to figure out why and how would such difference affect the development of story.
The natural environment is full of hope and colors, as well as joy. Such ideas are fully brought out during the little trip they went for a ride, which is a crucial part of the story. It shows the ‘beauty’ of the nature, as well as
In the modern world, it seems everything are made artificially- no matter it is tangible like buildings or intangible like relationship. People become so indulge in it that more and more of them overlook the beauty of nature- just like Roy Hobbs, the main character of this story. With a huge success in baseball field that late-came, Roy got lost in his just-started career life. He was struggled, until he met Iris Lemon, the woman whose life was who appeared in his life unexpectedly, made a difference.
With a name that is made of two natural plants- iris and lemon, the appearance of her echoes with the topic of the book ‘the natural’. In the story, the things that come from natural …show more content…
But with her kindness, perseverance and positiveness she came through it. This makes a great contrast to Memo’s personality who couldn’t stand any hard times. The reason why she came to watch Roy’s game the first time could be an example. “I hate to see a hero fail. There are so few of them.”, “Yes, it’s their (heroes) function to be the best and for the rest of us to understand what they represent and guide ourselves correctly”. Through these direct dialogues, it is easy for readers to observe that Iris has a pure mind that she think heroes should exist and be supported without any further external reason like money and benefits- something non-natural. She supported and showed her believe in Roy by standing up (“naturally” she claimed, it reveals that she does everything following her mind). At the end, Roy regained the …show more content…
Getting into a deeper part of the story, the story become tenser with impressive contents. What’s more, the importance of the existence of Iris could now be further discovered too.
Representing nature, Iris shows the beauty and imperfect of it in her parts of story. Looking at the ‘imperfect’ part, readers may find she was not a perfectly ideal woman, especially for Roy as she became grandmother when she was just 33. That is something nature does- not every seeds can grow up healthily and have a fruitful life. Her painful experience may lead readers to recall Roy’s one but her personality was way different from him. Such conflict may encourage readers to link up the points in their life respectively to figure out why and how would such difference affect the development of story.
The natural environment is full of hope and colors, as well as joy. Such ideas are fully brought out during the little trip they went for a ride, which is a crucial part of the story. It shows the ‘beauty’ of the nature, as well as