Saturday, October 19, 2013
Modern Day Beowulf-Grendel
In my opinion of a Modern Day Beowulf and Grendel would be media. Because an example of a Modern Day Beowulf and Grendel doesn't have to be a person, it can a thing, concept, or philosophy! I thing media fits in the category of both a Beowulf and Grendel. Because books from long ago, books here & now, research papers, reports-reporters, journalists, writers, and producers fit in those two categories! We commend reporters and journalists for going in war zones, exotic places, third-world countries, & natural disasters for bringing us the facts, the 411, & the low-low on the events that's happening. They tell us only one side though- the victorious side, the Beowulf, of things. They report to us on the " bad guys" and the cause and effects, but why that side reacts that way. Here's where the Grendel part comes in. They don't think it's evil, or they try to justify their actions on why they did what they did, like Grendel! They're like the shaper, they give us what we want to hear, instead of what we need to hear. I feel it's very bias because I'm one of those person who wants every account or side to a story, and judge for myself! I guess it's just Human Nature!
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This was a very interesting comparison to make. I would have never have thought to compare Grendel and Beowulf to media. And I agree that they both try to justify their actions, just like how people do on social media.
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