Itwisted around as far as i could, hunting wildly for her shape on the cliffs, but there was nothing or rather there was everything but a mother. what implicit information about the main character is contained in this sentence

The answer is Grendel's later violence is rooted in his childhood fear and isolation.

Explanation:

The excerpt belongs to Grendel, a novel written by American author John Gardner. This book has its origins in the Ancient poem Beowulf, and in Gardner's book Grenderl is the antihero. In this case, by reading the excerpt, readers can infer that Grendel is violent because of events that happened when he was a kid (mentioning the mother is a great sign of it.)

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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