"The Natural" by Bernard Malamud - Aspect of Tragedy

The story of "The Natural" has many different aspects of tragedy, especially in the lives of three characters; Roy, the miraculous baseball player, Sam, the scout looking for the ideal team, and Pop Fisher, the coach and part owner of the Knights. The tragedy aspects that take place within these characters are all loosing their one major dream. They all also have slight familiar interconnections with the other. For Roy's life there are many female …

…nothing to corrupt him. The name "The Natural" can be seen as a tragedy in itself. If someone is a natural they already have everything they need to be successful with that gift. And if you have already experienced all good you have to experience some bad. For Roy he was a natural but was never satisfied, and it showed through his eating, which led to his final downfall which pushed him over his limits.