Sharing a difficult experience can strengthen a friendship.
Maleeka’s ability to love her dark skin and overcome her insecurities empowers her to stop accepting Charlese’s bullying. Maleeka also tells John-John that she didn’t avoid him in second grade because she wanted to sit next to Caleb, but rather because she had trouble seeing the board.
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.