I believe that
truth plays a large role in the book
Grendel. Your perspective of almost everything can be changed when the
truth is either revealed or hidden- especially when the information comes from
someone who you have a lot of respect for. Hrothgar’s people all trust the
Shaper. The Shaper provides these people with information and stories. Before
the Shaper they never had a sole source of steady information. The Shaper was
both very good and very bad for the kingdom. The Shaper was good because it
united people in their thoughts and brought them all together in unity. The
Shaper was bad because he was not truthful in all of his tales. In the matter
of one song the Shaper could turn everyone against each other and possibly
destroy a kingdom. In the case instead of a kingdom- he destroyed Grendel. He
sang of a story portraying Grendel as the ultimate evil. It is because of this
story that the humans went after Grendel and made Grendel go after the humans.
IF it were not for the Shaper, Hrothgar’s people and Grendel could have lived
together peacefully without constant war upon Hrothgar’s kingdom. The power of
the truth can never be underestimated as it can change someone’s life forever.
Does our society still employ such propaganda to create enemies, further a cause, make something wrong right? Doesn't Grendel know that what he hears is a lie- can't he trust his own perceptions as truth?
ReplyDeleteI agree that perspective plays such a big role in truth. And I believe that the reason Sharper pollutes the Danes with false information has alot to do with him being blind, therefore not able to see what is actually going on.
ReplyDeleteI think that Grendel knows what's the truth but since his mother hasn't exposed him to many things then he can't trust his own thinking.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! Because the truth is a very powerful thing! It can alter your perspective altogether! Once you learn the truth about something and let it sink in, your whole point of view changes. You think back previously and ponder how your view was so obsolete and skewed.
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