Grendel - john gardner The reader gets a peak inside the mind of Grendel, the beast from Beowulf. Essay analyzes the feelings, actions, and thoughts of the creature.

<Tab/>Grendel the lonely, childish, sensitive beast, views the world as a meaningless waste of time he must be put through year after year. Grendel can neither love, or be loved, though he secretly yearns for both. Knowing that the whole world is numb and ridiculous, Grendel often becomes angry at small things, and questions everything. "Why can't these creatures discover a little dignity?"(6)
<Tab/>In the beginning of the chapter, Grendel is annoyed and frustrated with a stubborn ram that is not afraid of Grendels presence, so this entices Grendel to scare him…