5/22/2023 0 Comments The natural by bernard malamud![]() ![]() As Roy and the Whammer attempt to outdo one another at the various carnival games, Sam makes a bet with Mercy that Roy can strike out the Whammer. On the way to Chicago, the train stops at a rail-side carnival. Roy also sees a mysterious and beautiful woman, Harriet Bird, to whom Roy is immediately attracted. With the Whammer is the sleazy sports journalist Max Mercy. Also on the train is Walter "The Whammer" Whambold, the American League's leading hitter who is loosely based on Babe Ruth. Compared to many of the other passengers, Roy is something of a country bumpkin. Accompanying Roy is the prominent Cubs scout, Sam Simpson. When the book begins, Roy Hobbs is a nineteen-year-old pitcher on a train to Chicago where he is scheduled to try out for the Chicago Cubs. Though widely considered to be one of the greatest sports movies of all time, the film adaptation was also criticized for its ending which differed significantly from the one found in Malamud's book. In 1984, Robert Redford starred as Roy Hobbs in a film adaptation of The Natural directed by Barry Levinson. The character of Roy Hobbs is very loosely based on the real-life baseball player Eddie Waitkus who was shot by an obsessed fan in 1949. Malamud's debut novel, The Natural tells the story of Roy Hobbs, a once-promising baseball prodigy who attempts to make a comeback after a gunshot wound ruined his career. ![]() The Natural is a baseball novel published in 1952 by the American author Bernard Malamud. ![]()
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