Grendel can sometimes be perceived as an evil monster whose only desire is to bring dismay among the townspeople. But after reading the book Grendel and learning about his background, I realized that he didn't know any different because that's how he was raised. He was raised to be evil and think that destruction was acceptable and what he was supposed to do. So it makes us wonder, is he less of a monster because he doesn't know any better? Should he not be looked at as evil since his upbringing is what caused him to act this way? Honestly, I think it does make him less of a monster.
In today's world, people raise pitbulls to be fighters. They train them to annihilate other pitbulls and nothing else. As a result, the pitbulls only know to destroy; they don't know how to love or be around people, let alone other animals. So many people are terrified of pitbulls when it's really not their fault they are the way the are. Grendel is very similar to these animals in the sense that he was born into a world where being evil was expected from him due to his ancestry.
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