Grendel, as expressed within the writings of “Beowulf”, is shown as a terrifying and horrendous, monster. However, there is not much backstory within “Beowulf” to fully infer that this is how Grendel truly is and how he truly acts. Within the story of “Grendel”, Grendel is shown as, not only a monster, but as a living thing that is coherent and thinks as a scholar does. Therefore, within John Gardner’s “Grendel”, Gardner is trying to make us sympathize with Grendel and his unfortunate life. For example, during the beginning of chapter within the story of “Grendel”, Grendel is talking in first person. He describes how, as a child, he “used to play games.” he also describes how he would go and adventure, outside of his mother's cave, but not
