Summary Of The Book 'Grendel' By John Gardner

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The chapters two through four of the book Grendel By: John Gardner makes it pretty clear why Grendel goes from being a carefree innocent creature to a tortured, confused being who feels so lost. throughout the chapters Grendel faces many things that would cause him to feel lost or change his mindset of who he is, such as encounters with the humans and the shaper. Grendel's first encounter with the humans was a very unpleasant situation. Grendel accidentally traps himself in a tree he is discovered by a group of thanes out on patrol. Grendel expresses no hostile intentions towards the “crazy” (ch.2, pp.27) creatures. The thanes don’t understand what Grendel is and are very uneasy about the whole situation. The tall man thinks Grendel

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