Everyone has problems that they have to face every day of their life. Some have issues with their family, school, friends, health, and also religion. Waking up everyday knowing that you have to face a dilemma shapes your character in one of two ways; It can make you bitter and unhappy, or it can make you stronger. Beowulf faces some difficult battles with monsters and dragons two of my personal dragons are anxiety and my relationship with God. When I was younger I always worried a lot and felt anxious. I always felt this was normal and how everyone felt as well. I would go to school and get sick over taking tests an even sicker when I would get them back they wasn’t the grade I had hoped for. My family had always pushed me to make great grades and I always felt like I would …show more content…
I stopped going to those as well because I felt that some of the people that went to the meetings were only there for the lunch and I did not want to be thought of like that and the thought of singing for the lord frightened me. I felt like I was not the best candidate for that and someone else who had went to church and knew more about the Bible was more worthy than I was. I did not want to be my own hypocrite. In the poem Beowulf the author wrote “The ancient blade bit into/the monster’s skin, drew blood, but cracked/and failed him before it went deep enough.helped him/less than he needed” (lines 689-691) I feel like god has given me many opportunities and I keep turning him away. He touches my heart and almost has me convinced then the devil pushes me away by pumping fear into my brain, helping me less than I need, just like the sword failed Beowulf. I hope God has not given up on me because this is not the life I always want to live. I know I need to do what I am afraid to and go to church and mend a relationship with the lord. Yet again that is another battle for the