The Natural

1
The Natural

• Pages 96-107

2
Max Mercy

• Characterization via Diction
• lurking (96)
• haunt (96)
• dirty eyes (96)
• Max laughed hollowly (97)

3
The Beggar

• The beggar asks Max for a buck.
• Max yells at the beggar to leave him alone.
• Youll get yours, the beggar said. You too,
  he said to Roy and spat on the sidewalk. (98)
• Foreshadowing?
• What about this scene causes the beggar to
  threaten Max and Roy?
• Selfishness?

4
Gus Sands

• They call him the Supreme Bookie, he nets at
  least ten million a year. (99)

5
Gus SandsPhysical Description

• A surprising semi-bald dome rose up above the
  table and Roy found himself staring into a pair
  of strange eyes, a mournful blue one and the
  other glowing weirdly golden. His scalp prickled
  as the bookie, a long stretch of bone, rose to
  his full height. The angle at which the spotlight
  had caught his glass eye, lighting it like a
  Christmas tree, changed, and the eye became just
  a ball of ice. (100)

6
Gus Sands

• Roys Opinion of Gus
• Roy disliked him right off. There was something
  wormy about him. He belonged in the dark with the
  Judge. Let them both haunt themselves there.
  (101)
• Equates Gus with the mysterious Judge
• Not a positive connection

7
Gus Sands

• Roy loses a lot of money to Gus
• Forget it, slugger. Maybe some day you might be
  able to do me a favor. (106)
• What type of favor?
• Throw a game?