The Natural Character Analysis

In the Novel The Natural by Bernard Malamud, the main character of the story is a fifteen year old boy named Roy Hobbs, who is very talented in Baseball. He has an incredible pitching arm and a very powerful hit when it comes to batting. Roy believed that he was on the path to fulfilling his dream considering that he had a scout who got him a private tryout with the Chicago Cubs. Unfortunately, there were many obstacles that came across his way which prevented him from achieving his dream of becoming the greatest player in the game. Roy had to face many difficulties such as getting shot, fitting into his new team, falling into a slump, and having to chose between his career or his life. In spite of these hardships throughout his life, Roy still overcame these obstacles due to his determination and passion for the game.

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The first prank that Bump pulled on roy was that he got Roy to accidentally sleep with his girlfriend Memo. Although it wasn’t much of a prank because Roy actually enjoyed sleeping with Memo. Later on during practice Bump and some of the other guys drenched his uniform in his bassoon case, which got Roy very irated. He didn’t let that interfere with his motive because he didn’t come to New York to make friends, he came to play ball. In practice he always gave one hundred percent of effort and that made his teammates have more respect towards him because he was an incredible baseball player. Roy amazing performances on the field influenced Bump, the most boastful player on the team, to begin putting more effort into the games and during practice. Thus, the knights began to improve skill wise, as a team and they also started to gain multiple victories against other baseball teams in the league. Nevertheless, he had more trouble to come