Another example of Gardener’s use of solipsism is when he faced the bull. He identified himself as reality on page 22, “I understood that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of causal, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. I understand that, finally and absolutely, I alone exist.” (Gardener). This quote clearly exemplifies solipsism as the meaning of reality is relied on an individual’s morality. Grendel called for his mother when a bull came towards him, but she never came. In this scene, Grendel finally realized that his mother was not going to save him, no matter how hard he cried. Instead, he reminded himself that he only exist. With his depressed and isolated state, Grendel could finally look out for himself without the aid of his mother. Grendel has now changed from a child’s point of view to a man’s point of view. Similar to Grendel, the Apostle Paul describes this process in 1 Corinthians 13:11, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me”
Another example of Gardener’s use of solipsism is when he faced the bull. He identified himself as reality on page 22, “I understood that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of causal, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. I understand that, finally and absolutely, I alone exist.” (Gardener). This quote clearly exemplifies solipsism as the meaning of reality is relied on an individual’s morality. Grendel called for his mother when a bull came towards him, but she never came. In this scene, Grendel finally realized that his mother was not going to save him, no matter how hard he cried. Instead, he reminded himself that he only exist. With his depressed and isolated state, Grendel could finally look out for himself without the aid of his mother. Grendel has now changed from a child’s point of view to a man’s point of view. Similar to Grendel, the Apostle Paul describes this process in 1 Corinthians 13:11, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me”