Question

Read these sentences from john gardner's grendel in which the main character introduces his life story. talking, talking, spinning a spell, pale skin of words that closes me in like a coffin. not in a language that anyone any longer understands. what implicit information about the main character is contained in this sentence?

Answer 1

Grendel's destiny will be alienation and isolation.

or

Grendel's later violence is rooted in his childhood fear and isolation.

Answer 2

The implicit information about Grendel contained in the following sentence  “Talking, talking, spinning a spell, pale skin of words that closes me in loke a coffin.  Not in a language that anyone any longer understands”, is that his destiny will be  alienation and isolation. This can be affirmed because in a large part of the novel the only thing that Grendel wants is to talk to someone. The fact that he cannot communicate with his mother and that the different animals he addresses cannot answer him reinforces his desire. As a consequence, he can only talk to himself. When he tries to communicate with humans, he is misled and considered a terrifying monster. Grendel can only communicate with the Danes so it can be thought that he does not kill them to have someone to interact with. Grendel's violent outbursts and bad relationship with humans can be seen as the result of a lone creature’s attempts to try to communicate with another person.