Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The Natural: Day 3

Benching a Legend

How does this piece by Roger Kahn relate to the major themes presented in The Natural? How does Musial compare/contrast to Roy Hobbs? What universal ideas are both Kahn and Malamud trying to convey?

Character Analysis and Baseline Understanding (see handout ... a real, paper handout)

  • Roy — Grace, Cameronn, Luc, 
  • Pop — Ruby, Wes, Maddy
  • Judge — Trevor, Emily, Paul
  • Memo —Patchy, Ben L, Nick, Beth
  • Whammer/Bump — Ben E, Kate, Colin
  • Max Mercy — Amanda, Noah, Sandy
Once all is said and done ...
**Imagine your character was a student at MA. Describe a typical day for your character. Classes, friend, group, after-school activities.
**Comments and grades are coming up shortly, so write one comment for your character from any teacher you like. You can imagine your character in any grade.

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