Answer:
B. I confused terms and concepts that i actually know well.
Explanation:
We think that West Indian Archie was probably such a bad-mother-shut-your-mouth that he would've scared Shaft. We mean, they called him one of the Four Horsemen a.k.a. the guys that bring about the end of the world. He's not someone you mess with.
So we're pretty sure when this scene happens, Malcolm isn't thinking that he's going to be a mentor: there is the answer
I believe the answer is: B. To show that Grendel cannot rely on nature for protection
In the story, Grendel perceive that he is blessed by protection from the nature which would always help him in all of his troubles. But when he somehow got his foot stucked in a tree in front of a bull and when he cried and scream for help from the nature, he did not receive any answer.