False. If the modifier is misplaced, it wouldn't be in the right spot to modify the correct part of the sentence.
<u>The answer is 1: He thinks the fighting is foolish and wasteful.</u>
The narrator's view on the scene is not pleasant at all, Grendel finds himself in the middle of chaos, in the middle of all the battle's wastefulness and dead bodies of animals and men, and he can't help to see it as confusing and frightening and to feel "sick". All of this reveals that Grendel thinks the fighting is foolish and wasteful.
I believe it means some things you set out to do become harder and Difficult to get out of, But you should think of the best option to do and make the best out of a bad situation.
