Connections in Literature By Grace Becker

As we continue to read different novels throughout this class, I am constantly realizing how many of these books relate. For example, in Beowulf and in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the two creatures in these novels both have different point of views. Grendel, the evil, monstrous demon in Beowulf, has a different point of view than that of what others see him as. In the novel Grendel, by John Gardner, the reader sees a different point of view from Grendel that shows a much softer side to him that changes how you interpret his character. This also relates to Frankenstein's monster. When the point of view changes to his, we learn how his up bringing caused him to become an evil monster and that he was not created this way. It is very interesting how these two novels relate and that the little details in them allow for readers to connect the stories to each other. These two monsters coincide because they both represent the real stories of the monsters that many do not understand. This can also lead to the idea that both monsters are looked at as more evil than they truly were set out to be.