The character of Grendel in the novel written by John Gardener is more of an elaborate character, opposed to the character of Grendel in the epic poem Beowulf who is more of a dull character. Its easy to see that one story is told from the first person pov and the other is told from a third person pov, thus allowing the reader to connect more with gardeners Grendel than Beowulf. In Grendel you can have more of an emotional connection rather than just seeing him in Beowulf as a big ugly monster. As Gardener write this novel in first person pov it allows you to see that he isn’t such a bad person after all. He’s just a monster who everybody dislikes, but as the dragon got to know him, he saw for himself it was because he was lonely. Of course
