Eddie is a cheerful porter on the train to Chicago, clearly impressed by Hobbs’s status as a soon-to-be famous ballplayer. Eddie is the first “fan” Hobbs encounters in his career, and his sycophantic actions toward Hobbs (like calling him “My Hero” and trying to kiss his hand, even just as a playful joke) foreshadow the crazed, obsessive behavior exhibited by the Knights’ many fans.
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Eddie Character Timeline in The Natural
The timeline below shows where the character Eddie appears in The Natural. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Pre-Game
...from under his bunk and pries it open but snaps it shut when the porter, Eddie, strolls by. Roy explains to Eddie that the bassoon case doesn’t hold an instrument but...
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Upon hearing this, Eddie bows to Roy in jest and addresses him as “My hero,” asking to kiss his...
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When the train pulls into a station, Roy watches as Eddie helps the new passenger aboard: a sumptuous woman whose “nyloned legs [make] Roy’s pulse dance.”...
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Eddie wakes up Hobbs in the midst of his own dreams and tells him that Sam...
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