This book is about a guy named Hrothgar who builds a hall and a monster named Grendel comes and tries to kill everyone. Then a guy named Beowulf comes and defeats the monster Grendel and so Beowulf then saves everyone. Then Beowulf becomes king and defeats “She” (Grendel's mother), the dragon, and accomplishes much more things. The author uses techniques like similes to make us understand the book more and describes the setting well. …show more content…
There are 6 main characters in this book.
Wealhtheow, Hrothgar, Unferth, Grendel, Beowulf, and “She”. Wealhtheow wears a blue cloak and gives gold. Hrothgar is one of Healfdenes sons. Hrothgar was the strongest, and when Healfdenes died he was made king. Hrothgar had a backbone that would bend to no man. He was fierce and bold. He had red hair. His eyes were like naked swords and a jutting jaw. Unferth is the son of Ecglaf and is very rude. Grendel is the wickedest friend who ever crawled in the darkness. Beowulf Strong wrists, brown hair. Was good and daring and “She” is a mean monster and the mother to Grendel. There are many themes to this book. There is Light vs Dark, Good vs Bad,
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This book has many things that are similar to other books. The similarities to other works are alike because of examples like movies or books, heros or bad guys, etc.
“I am Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow. I am Beowulf, not afraid of you. I am Beowulf, come to kill you!” Grendel raises his arm trying to attack Beowulf but Beowulf grabs his arm so tight Grendel has never felt this before. Beowulf then tears off Grendel's arm. Grendel screams in pain. What I liked about this book was that I loved the detail in this book and it was really easy to understand what they were talking about. I loved the characteristics of the characters and the theme of the book. What I didn't like about this book was how fast they pulled the book together especially in the beginning (it went too fast). Also how violent it was and it was kinda confusing at some parts. This book was interesting and when I read it I wanted to keep going and reading on but some chapters were not interesting, they were boring. I kind of liked how this book was short and easy to read. But I think I did really well on understanding this book.