Friday, January 14, 2011
Beowulf
I read Beowulf in class this week. It was very long. Also rather unrealistic, considering Beowulf could breathe underwater for many hours. It was pretty interesting. We also watched a snippet of the movie, in which Grendel is a mucus covered giant baby. It's awesome. I love listening to people read outloud. Especially the ones we listened to because they all had sweet Scottish accents. Next week, I believe we start focusing more on reading our books! I'm reading the Singularity and suuuuuuch other novels.
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I too enjoyed the way Grendel looked! That stupid mucus covered baby causeing trouble for those poor people. I also thought it was quite unrealistic that Mr. Beowulf could breathe under water for such long periods of time. But then again, so can I... or can I? You decide...
I love you, you crazy 18 year old <3
I'm torn between reading The Singularity is Near, Brave New World, and A Canticle for Lebowitz, or a set of Russian books of Notes From Underground, Master and Margarita, and American Psycho. I can't quite decide which set I want to read.
That mucus covered baby was pretty weird and scary. I love how Beowulf could breathe for hours, and then conveniently found a giant sword on the wall, but as I said on Gustavo's blog, things like these really show the roots of the story. This tale was passed along by poets, bards, and monks, who each turned it into an epic legend, which is probably what made Beowulf the awesome sauce he is.
Grendel did look a bit wierd, to say the least. I, like Darien, enjoyed the unrealistic nature of the poem, although it sobered up near the end when Beowulf seemed like a normal person, not some demigod.
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