Winter's Bone Beowulf Comparison

In Beowulf, an epic poem, we read about the heroic Geat soldier who sets out to save the King of the Danes, Herot, from Grendel. After killing Grendel, Beowulf is put against Grendel’s mother and later on kills her. In Beowulf’s old age, he is tasked with defeating the dragon who is destroying his city. In Winter’s Bone, we see Ree Dolly a 16 year old girl, who needs to take care of her younger brothers and her mother. During all of this she needs to find her father, Jessup, who is missing and has also put their house and land up for bond. These characters show great sacrifice and honor while protecting their loved ones throughout their journeys.

In Winter’s Bone, Ree Dolly has to take on many challenges for example: taking care of her younger brothers, looking after her ill mother, and needs to find her father before it’s too late. Ree teaches her younger brothers the value of family, how to hunt, how to cook and how to care for one another. She was brought on with the task of taking care of her …show more content…
They both inspire people to follow in their footsteps. For Beowulf, it was Wiglaf and for Ree it’s her younger brothers. They show true characteristics of a hero throughout their stories and inspire those to do better to find the truth. They both have big hearts and put there own lives on the line to protect innocent people. Even though their in different situations, they both try hard to get what they need done. They show different characteristics when they're up against different things. Ree is up against the world of drug dealers and needs to find her father and then Beowulf is up against monsters and villains. In the end, Ree finds out the truth about her father and saves her family. For Beowulf, in the end, after he fights the dragon alongside Wiglaf, gets injured in battle and dies soon later. The word hero is best used to describe Ree Dolly and