Although he played a short but very vital part in the book, the Dragon is not the hero. Basically, the Dragon is a character that Grendel goes to see in chapter 5. The Dragon claimed he could see the past and the future, and while talking with grendel on pages 60 to 74 the dragon goes into depth about the ‘order of the universe’. Like on page 66, “His eye opened wider, his body brightened from end to end. ‘You tell me what’s true?’ he said.” The Dragon is just a cranky old person who is just spewing gibberish. In this talk between the Dragon and Grendel, the Dragon also claims, “You stimulate them! You make them think and scheme” (72). While yes, this is true to an extent, you could also see this as the Dragon just giving an excuse for Grendel’s violence towards the humans. The Dragon’s obligation in this book was to basically justify Grendel’s want and greed for violence against the humans. The real hero of this novel is the Shaper. There are a few reasons that the Shaper was the true hero. Even though Grendel despised the Shaper, exclaiming how the Shaper was “‘Ridiculous”’ (47), the Shaper showed Grendel
Although he played a short but very vital part in the book, the Dragon is not the hero. Basically, the Dragon is a character that Grendel goes to see in chapter 5. The Dragon claimed he could see the past and the future, and while talking with grendel on pages 60 to 74 the dragon goes into depth about the ‘order of the universe’. Like on page 66, “His eye opened wider, his body brightened from end to end. ‘You tell me what’s true?’ he said.” The Dragon is just a cranky old person who is just spewing gibberish. In this talk between the Dragon and Grendel, the Dragon also claims, “You stimulate them! You make them think and scheme” (72). While yes, this is true to an extent, you could also see this as the Dragon just giving an excuse for Grendel’s violence towards the humans. The Dragon’s obligation in this book was to basically justify Grendel’s want and greed for violence against the humans. The real hero of this novel is the Shaper. There are a few reasons that the Shaper was the true hero. Even though Grendel despised the Shaper, exclaiming how the Shaper was “‘Ridiculous”’ (47), the Shaper showed Grendel