Roy Hobbs In The Natural

The Differences The novel The Natural by Bernard Malamud displays a tragic story about a man with many flaws show extraordinary skills in baseball, with a depressing ending of disgrace. The movie, however, displays the story of a respectable guy dealing with a few unlucky happenings while also showing his natural talent in the sport of baseball. The movie and the book have some big differences include Iris, who she is and her relation with Roy, Roy’s aspects, and the ending. The two works have clear differences that arguably change the story totally.

Bernard Malamud wrote, The Natural and provided the story line for the movie “The Natural”. Although he played a role in both pieces of work, there are still some similarities and even differences between the two. Both the novel and movie begin with the story of Roy Hobbes getting drafted in the Major League. On his way to his team, Harriet Bird “pulled the trigger. The bullet cut a silver line across the water” (pg.34) and hits Roy.

“Quite an experience to live in fear” (Scott). Humans view death as final and therefore fear it. Death brings the unknown and humans deal with this fear by either suppressing it or seeking comfort in religion. To die is to become insignificant. Humans have a deep desire to cheat death.

Symbolism is like a spider web, every symbol is connected to another symbol and it never stops. Authors use symbolism in their writing because it communicates a deeper picture and helps connect the story more to the main idea. In the book, The Natural by Bernard Malamud, there is multiple symbolic meanings used throughout the book. Each of all the symbols connect back to the main idea and create a highly detailed story. The first example of symbolism is water and how it is used in books to show life.

Roy Gardner’s Life There are many well known mobsters from the past including, Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Roy Gardner. The last Great American Train Robber was the infamous, Roy Gardner. He robbed U.S mail trucks, trains, and escaped prison multiple times. Roy was on the “Most Wanted” list of mobsters in the year of 1921.

In modern time, when someone watches a comedy movie they think of the humor and entertainment they will get out of it, but comedy is not all about the hilarity. A true comedy movie follows a normal, everyday character, known as the comic hero, who is easy to love and sympathise with. This character is in search of their rise in fortune, such as love or friendship. Also, they struggle with outside, more powerful forces, the blocking characters. The comic hero must fight the blocking character in order to get what they want.

Mike Royko describes the Veteran’s Administration 's treatment of Leroy Bailey in his article, “A Faceless Man’s Plea” published in the Chicago Daily News. Royko’s purpose was to expose the unfair treatment of veteran’s such as Leroy Bailey. He uses a frustrated and critical tone to convey the inefficiency and hypocrisy of the Veteran’s Administration. Royko centers the beginning of his article on Leroy Bailey, a Vietnam War veteran who was sent to the infantry and was later on injured by a rocket at the age of twenty-six.

The novel The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald is an example of failure of the American dream. The American dream is the belief that anyone regardless of race, class, gender, or nationality, can be successful in America (Blog Prep Scholar). Jay Gatsby is a character in the novel who does not come from old money; he comes from humble backgrounds and strives for a dream he never gets. In despite Daisy Buchanan does come from old money, therefore she is like the barrier Fitzgerald adds to the novel to portray an example of how wealth and unrealistic dreams will always end up in failure.

Dreams and desires drive people to achieve greatness every day. It is a common belief that when one achieves greatness, they automatically become successful and happy. However, this is almost never the case, as shown in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is unable to look beyond illusions and traps he creates to become successful and find happiness. Despite his big, fresh reputation in West Egg, he has unfulfilled desires, an inability to progress, and constant dissatisfaction with his position in life.

In her paper “American Literary Naturalism: Critical Perspectives,” Donna Campbell writes that “the history of American naturalism is far from a completed chapter in literary history” (511). As a movement initially dominated by white men beginning in the late nineteenth-century, it has grown to include women as well as African, Native, and Ethnic Americans. Still more impressively, recent scholarship has helped “to shape a new and more inclusive conception of naturalism,” (Campbell 508). As a result, current forms of naturalism incorporate “theories of race and gender, economics, cultural critique, and postcolonialism” (Campbell 500). This in turn has led to new areas of study which include the ideas of “space and place, or encounters with the environment” and “corporeality, or coming to terms with the body” (Campbell 508).