Grendel's Narrative Analysis

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Grendel Sentence Length In Grendel by John Gardner, the author's use of varying sentence length between Grendel and the dragon in chapter five represents the shift in Grendel from immaturity to understanding of the world. For the majority of the chapter, Grendel's dialogue consists of short, few word sentences in contrast to the long, almost rambling sentences of the dragon; these differing sentence lengths serve to represent the intelligence of the dragon and Grendel's immature misunderstanding. Before voicing anything, Grendel's thoughts are long and descriptive as revealed in his description of the room when he thinks: "vanishing away across invisible floors, there were things of gold, gems, jewels, silver vessels the color of blood in