In the novel grendel, grendel is trapped in a tree. his mother rescues him and they return to her cave. which statement best summarizes grendel’s experience in the cave? a. his mother tries to shield him but he realizes that she is primitive. she cannot share his reasoning about the lack of meaning in life. b. his mother represents all of nature that surrounds grendel. she is a life force but he knows that he must find a reason for her behavior. c. his mother is busy trying to survive. she fails to listen when he explains that the men had no good reason to attack him in the tree. d. his mother

synonim for get by is to survive, therefore, the answer is survive.

the story is told by a young girl who loves reading journals and listening to radio. she seems as an attentive and joyful girl. however, when the story unravels later this turns out to be upside down. she is actually a naive girl.  

she meets with a boy while skating and he tells her that will call her. the problem of the story epitomizes here because he never calls and she acknowledges the fact that she is not a foolish. indeed, her communication with the boy identifies their relationship after all. it is somehow the struggle between emotional and physical engagement which we can only observe the latter one from the boy’s side. so that, the conflict is disclosed how it has been presented in the beginning where the girl believes that she is not a fool. the reader questions her self-confidence and understanding, as well as her sincerity.