Good Vs. Evil In Beowulf, A New Telling

“I am not as tall, as you see, and my enemies liken my eyes to the bats. But the bat knows well enough where he is going, and so do I” said Beowulf. In the book Beowulf, A New Telling, it tells about a battle between good and evil. Beowulf is a fighter, but is kind, and he uses his weaknesses with power to fight evil and protect his people from danger.
Beowulf has had bad eyesight from being stung by bees in the face when he was a kid. He was named Beowulf because the name Beowulf means bee hunter. King Hrothgar builds a hall called Hall Heriot. A nasty, bloody, stinky, evil monster called Grendel soon comes to Hall Heriot and Beowulf wants to help fight him to protect Hall Heriot and its people. When he gets to Hall Heorot Beowulf soon fights Grendel with no sword. Beowulf fights hard, but in the end he …show more content…
Beowulf has strong wrists, brown hair, and he is daring. Hrothgar is the creator of Hall Heriot and is the son of Healfdene. Unferth is rude to people and he thinks Grendal is beautiful.
The lesson of this book is that anyone can turn bad. Like when Unferth wanted blood, wanted to turn to evil, and he was upset when Beowulf killed Grendel because he thought Grendel was beautiful. The author of Beowulf, Robert Nye, describes the characters in the book with good description and the author also uses figurative-language to describe what the characters actions are the book. I didn't like how in Beowulf the author did not describe specific events happening in the story.
Bethany Hamaltine is another story about a girl who was a really good surfer. One day a shark bite her arm off while she was surfing with her friends in the ocean. After recovery she surfs again, even though she only has one arm. Beowulf and the story of Bethany Hamaltine are very similar because both Bethany and Beowulf have challenges to overcome in life. But in the end they both do somthing great for