Grendel as a narrator

By using Grendel as a narrator Gardner allowed the reader’s to experience the tale of Beowulf from another perspective, the monster’s perspective, and observe both the mental journey of Grendel and the physical journey of Beowulf. In the story Grendel Gardner used Grendel as the narrator so that the reader can see the tale from the monsters point of view and not the human’s point of view for a change. This would allow us to understand why Grendel attacks the humans and almost cause the readers to sympathize with Grendel. By allowing Grendel to tell the story the reader observes that changes in the seasons of his surroundings, his different philosophical views, and the true nature of the humans. Grendel’s perspective allows the reader to observe the Anglo-Saxon world from the outside looking in.