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Beowulf: The Complications That Changed My Life

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Problems, some are dealt with easier than others, but everyone has them. How can overcoming all of these complications change our lives? Should we just ignore the ones we do not want to solve, or do we need to solve all of them? Some problems can seem so infuriating and such an inconvenience to have at a specific time in your life, but those problems can also precisely be the reason your life is as easy or as difficult as it is. I have come across multiple impediments in my almost 16 years of living, and as much as I would like to blame God for them, or grow super upset and irritated that I ended up being the one stuck with these issues, they all help me develop as a person in one way or another. Two major matters include transferring, and becoming …show more content…

At first I thought the hardest part was going to be not being able to find anything tasty to eat, but boy was I wrong. No, the biggest problem has nothing to do with actual food consumption, rather, it is the constant nagging and reckoning from people all around me. Never in my life had I heard the words “But plants have feelings too” as many times as I have since I made the switch back in April. Beowulf’s problems may seem nothing even remotely related to mine, but they are actually quite similar. When he made the journey over to the land of the Danes and told Hrothgar his plans to kill Grendel, Unferth, one of the Danes, did not believe Beowulf could do it, and he judged his abilities. He called him out on challenging someone and losing, and then said “I expect even worse results for you with your contest against Grendel.” Then, to Unferth’s surprise, Beowulf actually did defeat the beast, and he proved the man wrong. My brother told me that I would not last a month without eating meat, and that was over two years ago when I went vegetarian. I proved him wrong, and continue to do so to this

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