Sand Mountain And Beowulf's Quest

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In the novel Salvation on Sand Mountain and in the epic poem Beowulf there is a main character that is going on a quest. A quest is a mission that a person goes on to find some sort of self knowledge whether they are aware of it or not. I believe that Dennis Covington’s quest and Beowulf’s quest are more similar to each other than they are different.
Covington’s stated reason for beginning his quest was because he was a journalist and he covered the trial of Glenn Summerford and then he was invited to his first snake-handling service by one of the members of Glenn’s old church (Covington 1). Beowulf’s stated reason for beginning his quest was because he was the mightiest man alive and he went to help Hrothgar protect the Danes from a monster

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