Question

read the line from grendel

i was safe in my tree, and the men who fought were nothing to me, except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related.

this is an example of a

• first-person narrative showing grendels perspective
• first-person narrative showing beowulfs perspective
• third-person narrative showing many perspectives
• third-person narrative showing grendels and beowulfs perspectives

Explanation:

Analyze the narrative point of view

The passage uses first-person pronouns ("I", "my", "me", "we"), which directly indicates a first-person narrative.

Identify the speaker and perspective

The line is from John Gardner's novel Grendel, where the story of Beowulf is retold from the monster Grendel's perspective. The narrator ("I") observes the men from a tree and notes their language is related to his, representing Grendel's internal thoughts and viewpoint.

Answer:

• first-person narrative showing Grendel's perspective (Correct answer)
• first-person narrative showing Beowulf's perspective
• third-person narrative showing many perspectives
• third-person narrative showing Grendel's and Beowulf's perspectives