Beowulf vs. McMurtry
"The claim that men like seriously to battle one another to some sort of finish is a myth." Or is it? Let's examine the facts:Football is a sport. "It is a sport in which body wreckage is one of the leading conventions." Football is the number one contact sport. When you are young football is fun, or at least it is supposed to be. Running on the damp green grass early Saturday morning, no refs, no rules, no worries. But, as the years progress, the game changes. You are introduced to a "dog eat dog" kind of game. "It is sort of a victory by ordeal: 'we hurt them more than they hurt us.'" This concept is very much similar to the Anglo-Saxin warfare. Differing in one minor way: "there is little or no protest against football." War on the other hand is considered a malitious bloodbath. Can you spot the difference between the two? I couldn't at first, but then I had the chance to read Beowulf and that passage changed my mind. The only way the people in Beowulf's story could get into heaven was by earning fame. They needed to prove themselves strong, immortal, and have a song made about
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Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 745
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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