The Natural Essay Natural talents brought on by the fathers of both Roy Hobbs and the Perceval bring on an ability that will change each life forever. Both being ignorant men, but with one with an ability to play baseball, while the other was made to lead into battle. Looking at each character the similarities come hand in hand when applied to both stories. Roy and the Perceval reach failure by having women who causes trouble in each ones life. Neither seems to recognize the real problems ahead, instead focusing on only short-term goals and obstacles in life. “There he finds a charming maiden Blancheflor whose followers are weakened by hunger and famine. She is Gornemant's niece. At night she comes innocently into the sleeping Perceval's bedroom and gets into bed with him, embracing him.” (Troyes) Like Perceval, Roy has Memo who also met in the same way. Having women who both cause conflict lead Roy and Perceval to make choices that cause tension. Making decisions that affect the outcome of another person’s life. Such as Bump, who battled Roy for the title of the better baseball player to fight for Memo’s love. In the end, “Bump bumped it with a skull-breaking bang, and the wall embraced his broken body.” …show more content…
Roy and the Perceval are both ignorant people who look to succeed in a quest to show the greatest accomplishment. In each story going back to Memo and Blancheflor both set them back from achieving triumph. Both Perceval and Roy must stop being so self-centered to achieve the ultimate goal. Roy never makes the right decisions throughout the book, never realizing his mistakes. When it comes to the pennant Roy realizes to late and chose the wrong decision again. Roy and the Perceval both fail the knightly “test” in the sense that neither sees the future in the right perspective, rather than outside of both Perceval’s and Roy’s first