“ I had become something, as if born again”.Throughout the book, Grendel changes his image as the way he thinks, his perspective of how he sees things and he realizes what the purpose of life is. Along the way he had people contribute to his phase change such as the shaper with his harp, the dragon with his words of wisdom, and lastly his mother’s silence . Grendel changed incredibly with the contribution of these characters. To begin with, the Shaper was an old blind man who played the harp while he told stories in Hrothgar's hall where many people including Grendel would gather and listen. The shaper gives this “meaningless” life actual meaning. To show, Grendel is shocked by what came out of the shapers mouth. To explain, “ He sang of
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To state, “ He knows no more than they do about total reality - less if anything…., and they think what they think is alive, think Heaven loves them. It keeps them going-for what that's worth” (Gardner 65). To explain, the dragon reveals what the Shaper is saying what everyone else wants to hear which is just positivity and how to properly live life. Not to mention that the Shaper is nothing, but a man who keeps people motivated by what to do so, God will love them and allow them in his kingdom. In addition, he makes his stories sound as if Grendel's perception of thinking was out of nowhere completely incorrect when he speaks about religion. Suddenly, Grendel becomes angered by the shaper. Moreover, The dragon tries to explain to Grendel, ‘“Nevertheless, something will come of all this,” I said. “Nothing,” he said. “A brief pulsation in the black hole of eternity. My advice to you—” “Wait and see,” I said. He shook his head. “My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it” (Gardner 74). The dragon lets him know that he only knows what the past and future will consist of, the dragon makes a comparison between time and a black hole in which everything in the world will be eventually be destroyed sooner or later. Grendel becomes
To state, “ He knows no more than they do about total reality - less if anything…., and they think what they think is alive, think Heaven loves them. It keeps them going-for what that's worth” (Gardner 65). To explain, the dragon reveals what the Shaper is saying what everyone else wants to hear which is just positivity and how to properly live life. Not to mention that the Shaper is nothing, but a man who keeps people motivated by what to do so, God will love them and allow them in his kingdom. In addition, he makes his stories sound as if Grendel's perception of thinking was out of nowhere completely incorrect when he speaks about religion. Suddenly, Grendel becomes angered by the shaper. Moreover, The dragon tries to explain to Grendel, ‘“Nevertheless, something will come of all this,” I said. “Nothing,” he said. “A brief pulsation in the black hole of eternity. My advice to you—” “Wait and see,” I said. He shook his head. “My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it” (Gardner 74). The dragon lets him know that he only knows what the past and future will consist of, the dragon makes a comparison between time and a black hole in which everything in the world will be eventually be destroyed sooner or later. Grendel becomes