Personal Narrative: My Hero's Journey

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Adrienne was mingling with friends on the bus, or that's what I assumed. All of the children were excited because the basketball team had just won their last game that would qualify them for regions. Over the course of the journey back to the school, I heard bickering, but I thought nothing of it. I proceeded in talking to the bus driver and looking over some late work turned in by my students. Suddenly, the bickering got louder! As a first instinct, I jumped up, as I was alarmed by all of the chatter. In a swift manner, I went to the back of the bus and discovered that Adrienne and another student were involved in some sort of altercation. I watched as one of the students began to charge at Adrienne, so I wasted no time in trying to diffuse the …show more content…

Adrienne was trying to diffuse the problem herself. She continuously asked the student to leave her alone, but that wasn't clear to me. Adrienne would never allow herself to take part in such disgraceful activity. Like Adrienne, Grendel was misunderstood because Hrothgar and his people thought Grendel was just coming and causing chaos for no ultimate reason. But little did they know, as a young boy, Grendel took interest in animals and humans being afraid of him, but as he aged it ceased to amuse him. Grendel has grown to hate his mother and his dislike for their home continues to grow, so he searches for other means to supply happiness to him. Grendel finds happiness in visiting Hrothgar's extravagant hall. He felt like he was a respected guest since he came to the hall and politely knocked before entering. From Grendel's point of view, the people loved him and were ecstatic to see him, because of how they exclaimed his name when he entered the hall. Grendel doesn't notice a problem, because all he does is gather his nightly feast of men, and carry on with his night. No harm, no

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