The “Wonderboy” Bat
Roy Hobbs’s beloved bat, nicknamed “Wonderboy” initially symbolizes his supernatural talent on the baseball field. The bat is given a dramatic origin story—Hobbs carved it himself out of wood from a tree that was split…
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The Boy and His Dog
At one point in the novel, Hobbs witnesses what he takes to be an “illusion” in the road: “a boy coming out of the woods, followed by his dog,” an image that comes to symbolize…
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