Grendel by John Gardner Chapter 12 How is it possible for Grendel to explain the story when, after all, he has been killed? Use text evidence.

Grendel has become a kind of Shaper himself, creating the reality of the wall for himself as he is pushed into admitting its existence. In one sense, Grendel has come full circle: his universe began as a solipsistic fancy of his own mind, and now is reduced to only that which he can experience firsthand.