el speaking of his childhood. It goes into the fact that Grendel actually wanted to befriend the humans. He was lonely and wanted to know why he did not have anyone to talk to. When Grendel writes of his first encounter with the humans, is when you start to feel bad for Grendel, and change your mind about him being such a mean monster. His first encounter was when he was a child and he was stuck in a tree. The humans found him and thought he was a fungus. Then Grendel scared them. He said, “ ’Pig’ I tried to yell it scared them” (Gardner, 27). The humans at first were afraid of him. Then the humans turned on him. The story says,” ’Surround him!’ the king yelled, ‘Save the horses’-… Darts like hot coals went through my legs and arms and I howled more loudly still” (Gardner, 27). This quote allows the reader to feel bad for Grendel because all that he was doing was asking for a pig because he was hungry, and then the humans attacked him. As this story progresses you saw that Grendel did not really want to kill the people, he wanted to talk to them, but they did not accept him therefore he got even. He said, “The world resisted me and I resisted the world”(Gardner, 28). This version emphasizes Grendel as humanlike with feelings, and in “Beowulf” it only emphasized the monster aspect of him.In “Beowulf” Grendel's relationship with his mother was not a big point to the story. Although there were a few times when his relationship to his mother was mentioned, but not in great detail. In “Grendel” on the other hand, his relationship with his mother was brought into the story much more, and in detail through the direct view of Grendel. Grendel did not have a very good relationship with his mother, partially because he could not communicate with her. He could speak and he was not sure if she could or if she did n...
