Throughout the novel “The Natural”, the author, Bernard Malamud, describes many important events which lead to the making of a hero. Although the many connections and relationships which are established in the story are often changing, each of them has a major impact on the life of the main character. Roy Hobbs has many romantic feelings for different females at many points in the novel which often cause changes in his life and career. There …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 687 total…in his life and career. The many relationships with women which Roy experienced during his career all had a major impact on many aspects of his life. Each of them affected Roy in their own ways. Roy experienced serious changes in his thoughts and feelings throughout his career, depending on which woman he was with at that time. All of these women were a major influence in the development of Roy into a mythic hero.