Chapter 6
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So I have had a realization since I got back from talking with the suspicious Dragon. I am very skeptical of him. He made me realize that the world is a meaningless place and everything is worthless. He also wants me to terrorize the humans but I don't really feel the need to. That is until a week ago, I was listening to the Shaper sing at the hall, I usually feel sad and isolated but now I feel anger because I know the truth and the people listening are so joyful at all the lies being told to their faces. I wish I could see the reaction they would have if they found out the truth about the past about the Danes and how everything the Shaper has said is a total lie. Humans are so ignorant and annoying. Anyways, after that I found a guard behind me trying to attack me but it turns out that the dragon put a spell on me so human's weapons can't touch me. Thats such a relief because it is so frustrating humans thinking they are better than me and think they can chase me out of town. But now I am the stronger one now that can't be hurt. I was like," I was Grendel, Ruiner of Meadhalls, Wrecker of Kings! But also, as never before, I was alone"(80).
The satisfaction of killing that guard was so great, that I changed my mind and now I am totally going to terrorize the Danes regime. That is exactly what I did a couple nights ago. It was actually my first launch of attack on the humans. I am so filled with joy but at the same time it makes me feel even more lonely than I did before. Also, the funniest thing happened, this little human came up to me and tried to attack me very heroically. I just threw some apples at him which made him start crying. It was kind of pathetic so I felt a mixture of satisfaction and disgust. However, the same annoying human followed me back to my cave. "I was sure, going back to my cave (it was nearly dawn), that he wouldn't follow. They never did. But I was wrong; he was a new kind of Scylding"(86). He wanted to die heroically, which was so annoying to me because there is no such thing as a true hero except in poems and stuff. Overall, I learned that killing humans makes me satisfied yet lonely, and it is my purpose in life to kill humans. As well as, that humans are completely ignorant to reality about how evil themselves are and they just blame creatures that they do not understand. Everything I learned is important because it motivates me to continue to kill humans because they are so annoying.
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So I have had a realization since I got back from talking with the suspicious Dragon. I am very skeptical of him. He made me realize that the world is a meaningless place and everything is worthless. He also wants me to terrorize the humans but I don't really feel the need to. That is until a week ago, I was listening to the Shaper sing at the hall, I usually feel sad and isolated but now I feel anger because I know the truth and the people listening are so joyful at all the lies being told to their faces. I wish I could see the reaction they would have if they found out the truth about the past about the Danes and how everything the Shaper has said is a total lie. Humans are so ignorant and annoying. Anyways, after that I found a guard behind me trying to attack me but it turns out that the dragon put a spell on me so human's weapons can't touch me. Thats such a relief because it is so frustrating humans thinking they are better than me and think they can chase me out of town. But now I am the stronger one now that can't be hurt. I was like," I was Grendel, Ruiner of Meadhalls, Wrecker of Kings! But also, as never before, I was alone"(80).
The satisfaction of killing that guard was so great, that I changed my mind and now I am totally going to terrorize the Danes regime. That is exactly what I did a couple nights ago. It was actually my first launch of attack on the humans. I am so filled with joy but at the same time it makes me feel even more lonely than I did before. Also, the funniest thing happened, this little human came up to me and tried to attack me very heroically. I just threw some apples at him which made him start crying. It was kind of pathetic so I felt a mixture of satisfaction and disgust. However, the same annoying human followed me back to my cave. "I was sure, going back to my cave (it was nearly dawn), that he wouldn't follow. They never did. But I was wrong; he was a new kind of Scylding"(86). He wanted to die heroically, which was so annoying to me because there is no such thing as a true hero except in poems and stuff. Overall, I learned that killing humans makes me satisfied yet lonely, and it is my purpose in life to kill humans. As well as, that humans are completely ignorant to reality about how evil themselves are and they just blame creatures that they do not understand. Everything I learned is important because it motivates me to continue to kill humans because they are so annoying.
Work Cited
Gardner, John. Grendel. Gollancz, 2015.
“Beowulf Timeline.” Timetoast, www.timetoast.com/timelines/beowulf-timeline-1cc87029-4638-4172-a052-5cd7c02f4f25. (wouldn't let me do hanging indent)
Overall, nice formatting and blog post. However, the philosophy for this chapter is "skepticism." Your blog mainly talked about how humans were annoying to Grendel, and how he had an urge to kill them. Being skeptical is defined as "the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge." It was a nice touch how you added humans felt they had superior power and there was a hint of skepticism within you blog, but it was not clear. A few minor grammar details within your blog that if fixed, can improve the quality of your blog.
ReplyDeleteIn paragraph 1, where you stated "Thats such a relief..." (add a apostrophe before the s in that)
Nice photos and nice quotes. I enjoyed reading your blog. Also, make sure you include a video link or some kind of video (besides the photo) as it was required.
Your take on Grendel's character is interesting. From the way he is depicted in the blog, he appears to be a confused, lonely, and estranged teen, desperately seeking to be heard(which is exactly how Grendel should be portrayed). The use of simpler language to show that Grendel is barely an intellectual, while still showing his true emotions being similar to humans. The blog also uses good annotation of quotes, and effective citation is used throughout. Other than some simple grammatical errors, the blog as a whole is nicely put together.
ReplyDeleteI like your take on Grendel too. Since the story mainly focuses on Grendel when he was younger and grows up through the novel, it's really interesting to hear from a perspective from Grendel as a teenager, or at least talks in a different way. Great work!
ReplyDeleteIt was great that you incorporated the skepticism of Grendel towards the Dragon at the beginning and then the realization of your satisfaction of killing humans. It was a great incorporation of Grendel's character when you discussed the humans as not being superior, but I feel that you should have incorporated skepticism of human ideals further with the shaper rather than him being a minor part in the blog. Overall the blog was well made with a few errors already pointed out above.
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