Great Beatdowns in Literature

JAMES BOND (CASINO ROYALE BY IAN FLEMING) familienähnlichkeit BUCK (THE CALL OF THE WILD BY JACK LONDON) HOLDEN CAULFIELD (THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER) SALADIN CHAMCHA (THE SATANIC VERSES BY SALMAN RUSHDIE) Women in Love Their Eyes Were Watching God HUCK FINN (THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN BY MARK TWAIN) FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER (FRANKENSTEIN BY MARY SHELLEY) EARL OF GLOUCESTER (KING LEAR BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE) HIPPOLYTUS (HIPPOLYTUS BY EURIPIDES, TRANSLATED BY GRENE) kill Oedipus Rex Hippolytus Hippolytus BUNNY HOOVER (BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS BY KURT VONNEGUT) JOB (BOOK OF JOB, THE BIBLE) force majeure JUDAS (INFERNO BY DANTE ALIGHIERI, TRANSLATED BY DURLING) Divine Comedy LAOCOÖN (THE AENEID BY VIRGIL, TRANSLATED BY FAIRCLOUGH, REVISED BY GOOLD) PHILIP MARLOWE (FAREWELL, MY LOVELY BY RAYMOND CHANDLER) Farewell, My Lovely RAY MITCHELL (SAMARITAN BY RICHARD PRICE) The Wire Samaritan JERRY RENAULT (THE CHOCOLATE WAR BY ROBERT CORMIER) KIDS HOSPICE WINSTON SMITH (1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL) SYMKYN (“THE REEVE’S TALE” IN THE CANTERBURY TALES BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER) Romper Stomper