Perspective Analysis of Thane's Essay Thane's analysis of Grendel's isolation and alienation with the comparison to our daily lives is quite an interesting topic. The organization of the essay is extremely well done with each paragraph easily flowing into the next. The introduction gives an extremely good overview of what the essay is going to be about and while he expresses that "Characters in modern literature or film..."ÃÂ, later into the essay he gives examples of the literature and films which relate to his topic as well. So by using these examples, he gives extremely strong support for his thesis. Although support was strong from other sources, I found he needed much more support from the text itself. In the essay, not once did he quote the book, where in many cases would build his thesis with a strong foundation from the book. While he was quoting from other books, there were a few grammatical errors, perhaps easily overlooked.
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What I liked the most was the way the introduction and conclusion really tied in together. As in the introduction he says "The themes of isolation in Grendel, not only helps us to understand Grendel, but can also help us learn a little more about ourselves and possibly make us better human beings"ÃÂ. This makes the reader go on reading the essay wondering what the themes are, and how we can develop them. Then in his conclusion, he writes "By identifying with isolationist writing and taking to heart its messages, we raise the possibility that society will continue and possibly improve with the insight that we bring to it."ÃÂ The way things just seem to be organized is just fascinating and the thesis is well support from other text, but needs more support from the book itself.
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