Beowulf

Beowulf

I remember reading the story Beowulf before but it was a while back. I felled in love with this story the frist time I read it and reading it again just reminded why. Some of us as people are bless with certain gifts and talaents that makes us different and stand out from other peolple. In this story Beowulf is one of these people. Unlike other men Beowulf was bigger, stronger, and his courage was like no other person. Beowulf was unique, no one was like him or could compare themselfves to him and that is why I love the story of Beowulf.

When I think of the story Beowulf I think unique. Everyone is unique in their own way and people should respect them for who they are. Beowulf had friends that stuck with him til the very end and it is these people who are really friends you can call on. People are all unique, different, but never more better than anyone else. That's what make us so loveable as people, that we respect one another for who we are. So when I think of the story Beowulf, I think of every person for what they really are. . .unique.

What really stuck out to me in Beowulf was his courage. Beowulf was a man who wasn't afraid of anything or anyone. He didn't let anything get in his way nor stop him from reaching his goal. He was determine not to do his best but to be the best at whatever his help was needed. Beowulf had more courage than anyone else could imagine. He was strong and had a big heart that wouldn't let him down. Even though he was a man his courage made him a god ammos man and it is that I saw that stuck out to me.

The Anglo-Saxon's culture were like warriors and the bards, they had the brains and the strength. A person who fits this culture perfectuly as you can guess is Beowulf. Beowulf was strong but not only that he was smart as well. To find more evidence to what Anglo-Saxon's believed I found in the text; Hrothgar, guard of the Danes, spoke: "Holy God, out of kindness, has sent this man to us to save us from Grendel's terror." Then when Beowulf spoke, "and wise God, that king, shallchoose who shall win glory." Also in the text it says "It is well known that God always rules the race of men." All these are direct evidence of Anglo-Saxon's believes in Gods, such as Odin ans Thor.

To compare this story to some hero stories from our culture I chose Superman. I chose Superman because he and Beowulf share similar power. Both of them was born with their special gift and use it for the good of mankind. Superman and Beowulf both depend on their strengh to get them through hard times, but Superman have a littile more extra power than Beowulf but both of them have share strong courage. Like when Beowulf told the king and others that he would beat Grendel with his bear hands and did. Then it never fell him to do it again with Grendel mother or any of the other stories that Beowulf depended on his strengh. Beowulf and Superman may share strengh and courage but but Superman it's call super for nothing. Superman have a lot of power that he uses, Beowulf don't. Superman has x-ray vision, skin of steel, and eyes that can burn a hole through the moon. Superman can blow a house into pieces and can freeze a person into a block of ice with his breath. Then he can fly into outer space and anywhere he wants in a flash.

In the end of the story Beowulf, Beowulf dies but is given an honorable death. All good things must come to an end but Beowulf die because the very friends that was there to help him were cowards. This makes me mad in way because sometimes good people die because others don't have the courage to make an stand. Beowulf did had one friend to aid his side and it is that friend that gave Beowulf a honorable death. It is these friends that hero's names carry on through the agies. It is these who put the respect in names for our hero's. It's a shame Beowulf didn't have much friends like Wiglaf who came to his aid. I say Wiglaf is a hero his self, he did what no one else would do and that was to save Beowulf. The people should have made Wiglaf king for his heroic act and they should serve him til the day they die!