Alan M. Markman is the executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science and Director of the Human Dimensions of Organizations program at University of Texas Austin. The thesis of Mr. Markmans paper is that Markman rejects the supernatural interpretations of Gawain and the Green Knight, suggesting instead that the poem focuses on its human hero.”by pitting a real man against a marvelous, unnatural man, what a perfect knight can do when he is forced to face the unknown”(Markman) which is magic and not folklore.” the entire poem there is not a line which ascribes to the hero any superhuman or supernatural quality”(Markman) this quote is saying Sir Gawain is not special he just a man facing magic. Gawain is the ideal knight he is courage,
