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Life Is A Highway -Brooke

     In Beowulf, the story is a never-ending, action-packed epic, and the reader is thrown into new challenges. I view Beowulf's journey as a cycle in life since Beowulf is constantly going through highs and lows. During the part where he has to dive into the water, I thought that was truly inspiring for a human (like myself) to overcome his struggles with great courage. Also, he defeated Grendel with his bare hands! Just when things started looking up, then he has to kill Grendel's mother; it was like Deja vu. This epic truly embodies the human feeling of living by a week by week basis, where every day is different from the last. 

    Like we talked about in class, I realized that Beowulf plays the part of a human but also has the characteristics like Jesus. Beowulf became the saving grace to rescue his people from the monsters like how Jesus became the atonement for sin by dying on the cross. So to me, Beowulf is a mixture of the human idea of "survival of the fittest" with the aspect of Jesus' redemptive powers to save his people from death. 

I commented on Rachel and Leanne's posts. 

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  1. Madalyn DillardFebruary 21, 2021 at 9:18 PM

    Never thought of it like that, but it makes sense. Cool way of seeing it.

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  2. Leanne ElizabethFebruary 22, 2021 at 10:42 AM

    This is a very interesting way to look at it. Do you think Beowulf would've been a Rascal Flatts fan?

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  3. Hailey MorganFebruary 22, 2021 at 3:49 PM

    I love how you compared Beowulf's journey to our typical weekly struggles. Even though we often find ourselves repeating the same exact day over and over again, there are many highs and lows that come with each new cycle. Though the repetitive order of events remains relatively the same, the struggles, obstacles, and victories that we encounter are continually changing!

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