Have you ever wondered what it would be like to search for acceptance and be denied? The main character of John Gardner’s book, Grendel, does through out the entire story he is repeditly shunned. Despite the fact that Grendel is harmless in the beginning he turns to a life of terror because the towns people are fearful in his preasence. The novel, Grendel, was written entirely in the first person. Personally, I thought reading …showed first 75 words of 335 total…

…showed last 75 words of 335 total…chapter 7 Grendel says that if he can’t be happy then no one should. Because of this he continues to terrorize the town. As you can see, misconceptions can be the difference between the life of one respected by people and the life of one generally feared by others. This should be a lesson to us all not to be scared by the unknown, but to embrace it and take it for what its worth.