The assignment for this lesson is to compose a one-paragraph persuasive message board post about Grendel. Your post will respond to another argument that you disagree with. You'll use evidence from Grendel to craft a fair and well-supported rebuttal. Then you'll complete two other short responses to your classmates' posts. You should have created a draft of this assignment in the writing activity called "Prepare a Message Board Post." If you didn't complete that activity, you should go back and do so now. If you have already completed the draft, continue to the next page to start revising.

This writing assignment focuses on the following skills:
Establishing a debatable and straightforward claim
Gathering relevant evidence to support a claim
Fairly and effectively refuting a counterclaim
Using technology to participate in online debate

Scenario 1:

Writing from Grendel's perspective makes him seem more monstrous. Even though we get to see the story from his perspective, he has a very narrow range of emotions. He is unable to relate to the actual humans in the book, showing that he is fundamentally different from them. Beowulf and the other warriors are typical humans, and Grendel is a one-dimensional monster. The lack of common ground between these two kinds of characters makes the division between them very obvious. Therefore, it's difficult to find sympathy for Grendel as you would for another human.

Scenario 2:

In writing from Grendel's perspective, Gardner tries to make Grendel seem more monstrous by showing us his dark, inhuman nature. You see that Grendel is thoughtful — he knows what he is doing will cause pain, but he does it anyway. This is the true definition of a monster, knowing you'll hurt someone and doing it anyway. Gardner shows us that Grendel takes great pleasure in the misery and destruction he causes.

Scenario 3:

Writing from Grendel's perspective makes him seem more sympathetic, because it allows us to get a sense of his self-image. Grendel sees himself as a monster because he's subjected to insults by humans. This makes you feel bad for him, because he seems like a human who has trouble fitting in, maybe even someone with self-image or self-worth problems. We feel sympathy for him because much of his monstrous behavior is actually caused by humans' treatment of him, such as calling him a fungus. Seeing this scene from Grendel's perspective instead of from the men's perspective makes us sympathize with Grendel. He's believed to be disgusting and dangerous just because of how he looks.

Scenario 4:

Writing from Grendel's perspective makes him seem more sympathetic, because you're able to see that he has feelings and thoughts. Therefore, the suffering he endures at the hands of Beowulf makes you feel bad that he's so alone. For example, he bellows for his mother when he is scared, he physically suffers in his fight with Beowulf, and he dies with no one to comfort him. If we were seeing this from the men's perspective, we'd also be afraid of Grendel and see him as monstrous, but seeing the scenes from his perspective makes us realize that he's not angry or monstrous at these points; he's just scared.

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