What makes a hero, Epic?

Back with another All Reading Counts episode, Joshua Noel and TJ Blackwell discuss the Epic Poem, Beowulf! They talk about their history with this book, why it's still relevant today, and how we can learn to be a true hero from stories like this!
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What is the story of Beowulf about? What is the true story of Beowulf? Is Beowulf A Saxon or Viking? What does Beowulf teach us? What happens at the end of the Beowulf? What race is Beowulf? What biblical figure is Grendel connected to? Why did Beowulf fight Grendel? What does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel's mother? Was the dragon in Beowulf evil? We discuss all this and more in this one! Join in the conversation with us on Discord now!
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[@NKSCF]

Beowulf was always a favorite of mine. I was real miffed when my college professor deliberately chose not to use Tolkien's translation for our literature class.

[@systematicgeekology]

As you should have been!