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The novel, Grendel by John Gardner, is essentially an autobiographical chronology of a forest dwelling monster. Grendel tells his story beginning from childhood innocence to his murderous adulthood. Grendel, alone in the forest, is psycologicaly isolated. Even his own mother can only render dull expressions without language. Try as she might Grendel's mother has no way of explaining even the simplest question of who Gredel's father might be. Grendel has no one to who he can talk to. "... Holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow."(8) No mater his efforts, Grendel is one solitary monster who can not bring truth and reason to his own existence.
Grendel, both secluded from beings of his level of intellect and surrounded by other animals in the forest, found himself frustrated. He dislikes the ignorance of these animals; however, believed that this was the source of their happiness. "That is their happiness: they see all life without......

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