Throughout the book it shows how slowly Grendel's mother is there less and less for him. Like the time where Grendel is being attacked by the bull and he keeps calling out for his mother but she does not go to his aid like previous times. Grendel states in the book, “Please Mama!” I sobbed as if heartbroken. “Then some thirty feet away, there was a bull. He stood looking at me with his head lowered” (Gardner 19). Grendel also experiences his mother going though an evil phase at the beginning of the story, where she is rude to him at times, something he hadn't experienced before and could have had an impact on his personality. For instance, in the book Grendel says,” Why are we here?” I used to ask her. “Why do we stand this putrid, stinking hole?” She trembles at my words. Her fat lips shake. “Don't ask!” (Gardner 11). Grendel had to experience his mother getting angry at him for asking questions, and had to experience his mother not always being there for him to protect him. That is why Grendel's mother had an impact on his
Throughout the book it shows how slowly Grendel's mother is there less and less for him. Like the time where Grendel is being attacked by the bull and he keeps calling out for his mother but she does not go to his aid like previous times. Grendel states in the book, “Please Mama!” I sobbed as if heartbroken. “Then some thirty feet away, there was a bull. He stood looking at me with his head lowered” (Gardner 19). Grendel also experiences his mother going though an evil phase at the beginning of the story, where she is rude to him at times, something he hadn't experienced before and could have had an impact on his personality. For instance, in the book Grendel says,” Why are we here?” I used to ask her. “Why do we stand this putrid, stinking hole?” She trembles at my words. Her fat lips shake. “Don't ask!” (Gardner 11). Grendel had to experience his mother getting angry at him for asking questions, and had to experience his mother not always being there for him to protect him. That is why Grendel's mother had an impact on his