Someone in my life who is like Beowulf would have to defiantly be my Step-dad. He has always be selfless and gives everything he has to help me and my sibling do well in life. Not for his personal glory but to see us succeed. Just like Beowulf does with his people in his kingdom.“For the gold and treasure, to God my thanks, to the Wielder-of-Wonders, with words I say,for what I behold, to Heaven’s Lord,for the grace that I give such gifts to my folk or ever the day of my death be run! Now I’ve bartered here for booty of treasure the last of my life, so look ye well to the needs of my land! No longer I tarry." Another thing that Beowulf and my step-dad have in common is there bravery and willingness to die for what they believe in. My step-dad was in the air-force for the navy for about six years. "Themselves had seen me from slaughter come blood-flecked from foes, where five I bound, and that wild brood worsted. I’ the waves I slew nicors by night, in need and peril avenging the Weders, whose woe they sought,—crushing the grim ones." Lastly both my step-dad and Beowulf both try to help people in need and that are hurting regardless of what history there was before. "To Hrothgar I in greatness of soul would succor …show more content…
"The mighty chief, atheling excellent, unblithe sat, labored in woe for the loss of his thanes, when once had been traced the trail of the fiend,spirit accurst: too cruel that sorrow,too long, too loathsome." It was one of those things that happened over night and all of a sudden it was a part of your daily life. You see your parents in a different light but it mostly just shakes up your whole world. It's what Grendel did to Hrothgar and his kingdom. He came in and shook the foundation of the kingdom making everyone confused and