Question

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n the novel Grendel, Grendel and his mother live apart from humans. Which statement best summarizes Grendel’s thoughts when he first sees men?

A. Grendel cannot free himself from the tree but the men finally run away when his mother runs toward them. The meeting ends safely for him.

B. Grendel is trapped by his physical surroundings and by his speech. He feels things but he is not able to communicate with anyone he sees.

C. Grendel realizes that he understands human language but humans do not accept or comprehend him. They fear one another as aliens.

D. Grendel wakes up to find a king and his men staring at him and then shooting at him with bows and javelins. He tries to ask them for food.

Answer 1

The answer is C.
C is the only answer that really talks about thoughts and feelings.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C.

Grendel gets stuck in a tree trunk and is later on find by humans. When they speak, Grendel realizes he understand the language they use, altough it sounds a little differently.

When the humans talk about bringing Grendel, who must be a tree spirit, food, he laughs very loudly, and they think he is angry, so they become scared of him and try to attack him.

Grendel tries to communicate with them and explain what happened, but they do not understand and become even more scared of him.