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.
The final lecture in which Julian gave to her mother ironically applies more to him than his mother. It is because his mother's death was the least expected thing to happen yet it happen therefore Julian needs to accept it and face the new world without his mother.
Answer:
This suggest that Grendel intends to not meet much resistance.
He isn't considered honorable due to these acts
Explanation:
Snatching the men in their sleep and at night suggests that Grendel does not hope for much resistance from the men. Grendel comes when they're most vulnerable hoping to have an easy kill while the men would not be in the best position to fight back.
This is not a honorable way to attack an enemy.