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is an unhappy soul in John Gardner's book "", because he feels useless in society and doesn't want to accept his given role. Throughout this whole book feels he has no friend in the outside word and no one to except him besides his own mother. He doesn't want to ....

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.... are going to destroy themselves and he will be glad when it happens. Grendel is very lonely in the world of man. He has only one person close to him and that is his mother. She cares for Grendel but just with the natural motherly instincts which Grendel sees as mechanical. Grendel doesn't understand, "Why can't I have someone to talk to?" as the world starts to look darker in his eyes. Animals of all sorts are enemies of his because they don't understand him. Grendel is more superior Grendel's role in society is to be the great destroyer. The Dragon tells Grendel this " You improve them, my boy! … You stimulate them!" but Grendel dose not ....