Truth

What is the truth? That question runs through Grendel's mind constantly and I cannot say that I blame him. It is quite hard to understand what is real and what is a lie in Grendel's world. His mother doesn't tell him anything so he is left alone to try and figure out the world and his place in it all alone. So of course when the Shaper comes along, preaching about his "truth" Grendel wants to believe it. The Danes in some way needed the Shaper to be there to guide and unite them as a people. I think that the message of the Shaper was not very truthful at all. The Shaper was one to tell people what they wanted to hear and that is not the truth at all.

Modern Day Beowulf

In the Battle with Grendel, a specific hero arises. Beowulf is sent to save everyone from the terrible beast Grendel. Once Beowulf does finally destroy Grendel he realizes that his problems do not go away. Actually more problems arise when he does slay the beast. Grendel's mother comes back to avenge the death of her son. Now Beowulf is faced with the challenge to slay yet another beast. I think that Beowulf felt that it was his obligation to rid the people of this beast. Once something like this is done, more problems arise.
An example of a modern day Beowulf would be the United States. I feel that the United States is always trying to jump in and save the world's problems. When in all reality we are just one country. We cannot defeat all of the "beasts and monsters" of the world. The reason for Beowulf's defeat in the end is because he has no idea how to say no! He seems to think that he is this invincible person and he cannot fail. When in all reality, he is just a human being. Human beings are not perfect, we are not flawless. Therefore, we cannot do everything and anything. I feel like the United States feels like we are this invincible nation and we have all the power and that is far from the truth. Sometimes, we need to know when to step back and allow other countries to solve their own issues. We do not always have to play the police! That is why I think that the United states is an example of a modern day Beowulf.

Hey this is me!

Hello to anyone who may be reading this! My name is Kamari McElroy. I really don't know what I am supposed to write about myself. I guess I will just give a brief introduction.
I am a new sophomore at Whitney Young. For three years I attended Lindblom Math and Science Academy. So, making the adjustment from Lindblom to Whitney Young has been a challenge for me! I've been swimming since I was about 3 years old. I started swimming competitively when I was 8 years old. Now I am on the swim team here at WY.
This summer I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Beijing,China and study for three weeks. Everyone always asks me do I speak Chinese. Yes, I do speak Chinese. I have been studying Chinese for 4 years now and honestly, traveling to China changed my whole out look on life.
I hope to really do well in this class and I was happy to hear that we would be writing a lot of papers this year. I really love to write and express myself.