Question

read the excerpt from grendel.
then they would fight. spears flying, swords whonking, arrows raining from the windows and doors of the meadhall and the edge of the woods. horses reared and fell over screaming, ravens flew, crazy as bats in a fire, men staggered, gesturing wildly, making speeches, dying or sometimes pretending to be dying, sneaking off. sometimes the attackers would be driven back, sometimes theyd win and burn the meadhall down, sometimes theyd capture the king of the meadhall and make his people give weapons and gold rings and cows.
it was confusing and frightening, not in a way i could untangle. 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. i was sickened, if only
which statement best describes grendels perspective?
he enjoys watching the violent men kill one another.
he admires the powerful weapons and strong men.
he wishes to be part of the excitement somehow.
he feels disgusted by the wasteful nature of war.

Explanation:

The text describes a chaotic and violent battle scene. Grendel's perspective is shown through his description of the fighting as "confusing and frightening" and his feeling of being "sickened." This indicates a negative view of the war. The other options are not supported by the text. There is no indication that he enjoys the fighting (so the first option is wrong), admires the weapons or men (second option wrong), or wishes to be part of it (third option wrong). The description of the wasteful nature of war (men dying, meadhalls burned, etc.) aligns with the feeling of disgust.

Answer:

He feels disgusted by the wasteful nature of war.