Is that a poem?
If it is the one about the fire and the boys. Then the speaker doesn’t like his father in the beginning because he isn’t able to play with his friends. At the end he is grateful because the boys got in trouble and he wasn’t involved.
It is important because by assuming your partners mean well, you are allowing them to show their potential, and do their best. Whereas reacting negatively would make your partners feel bad, and they may not want to contribute anything to the project at all.
The name of the danish kin in beowulf was Hrothgar.
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