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Examples Of Cannibalism In Grendel

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In Grendel, he is only a monster since he is part human. With his human trait mixed with animal trait, he seems to be a monster because of his morphed body, but that is at first glance. Most of his monster traits are deep human traits, like his cannibalism, his murderous ideas, or even his thought process that life is meaningless. These are all human traits and but not visible in every person, so in post two by Freddy he call Grendel inhuman nature, but I do not see an inhuman nature but a disturbed persons brain, which only makes him more human because he developed the wrong way not by the standard person’s life. While as a person who deemed as a social outcast, which stunted his growth mentally and morally. Since he was stunted he did not

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