Beginning with the title “The Natural”, Roy Hobbs was born with a natural talent of being one of the greatest players in baseball history. Roy symbolizes the title of the book as a natural baseball player. There are many levels of the symbolism represented in this book. The bird’s, colors, names, and objects, can all represent another meaning.
The Wonderboy bat is first introduced in the book in the first chapter named Pregame. The Wonderboy bat has two symbolic meanings in the book.
The first symbolic meaning is the Wonderboy represents Roy’s source of power, just like in the story of King Arthur and his sword the Excalibur. When Roy uses the Wonderboy it gives him this strength to hit bad pitches. In the book, Roy was in a slump, Pop
The Wonderboy bat is first introduced in the book in the first chapter named Pregame. The Wonderboy bat has two symbolic meanings in the book.
The first symbolic meaning is the Wonderboy represents Roy’s source of power, just like in the story of King Arthur and his sword the Excalibur. When Roy uses the Wonderboy it gives him this strength to hit bad pitches. In the book, Roy was in a slump, Pop