SPOILER ALERT!!!
In the book Blood Beast by Darren Shan, Grubbs Grady just wants to lead the life of a normal teenager. That’s kind of hard to do when you’re brought in the world of magic. By that I mean fighting demons that do nothing but slaughter humans if they get a chance. Ever since the end of book 3 Slawter Grubbs finds out he has the potential of being a magician, which is rare because it is said that a magician appears only once every century. He has magic that could make a difference in the war against Demons. But Grubbs doesn’t want to go down that road again. He’s afraid of demons and gives into that fear and hides his magic from Dervish, his uncle who fights against demons. When Dervish finds out he wants to teach Grubbs more about magic and help him harness his powers. Grubbs fears demons and says no. Dervish respects his choice but hopes Grubbs changes his mind. He’s so afraid of going into the world of demons and having to fight them again, he doesn’t notice that millions of humans all over the world will fall prey to those demons he doesn’t want to face. Dervish and Grubbs both know that humans with magic have many responsibilities. It’s like they say, “With power comes great responsibility”.
Dervish really doesn’t blame Grubbs of being afraid of demons. But Grubbs fear is so strong it almost takes over his life. He gets nightmares and can’t sleep for weeks after it. What he doesn’t see is the bigger picture. If he doesn’t fight demons and lets them go on a rampage, all of mankind will die out eventually. He wants to lead a normal life and goes on an airplane with Juni Swan, Dervish’s girlfriend. But when he gets betrayed by Juni Swan and finds out she’s a demon in disguise, demons appear in the plane. When I read that I imagined Grubbs surrounded by flames and demons appearing out of them. I could definitely understand why Grubbs is so scared of demons and why he doesn’t want to become a demon slayer. I’m pretty sure no one wants a life like that, where they have to be afraid almost every minute of their life. But deep down Grubbs knows he can’t hide and cower behind his uncle. He knows that he can’t avoid his destiny of fighting demons until he dies. He’ll probably go mad and might never sleep again. Then in the beginning of book 6 Demon Apocalypse a 3,000 year old magician convinces Grubbs to take the demons head on and fulfill his responsibilities.
Grubbs wanted to try to lead the life like any normal teen would. But magic separated him from other normal humans and made him a magician, a powerful human that uses magic to fight demons. It’s hard to avoid responsibilities when the whole world is kind of depending on you. I guess Grubbs knew that somewhere in his head and just decided to do his chores by killing any demons that come into the human world. By making that decision it proved Grubbs had more courage than anybody in the world.
I’m pretty sure this happens in real life. Not the fighting the demon part, but the part of responsibilities. Sometimes you want to avoid work and live a carefree life. But every human in this world has responsibilities to fulfill. Some people try to avoid them. Might it be homework, or paying a mortgage, or providing food on the table. People feel pressure and sometimes scared or even worried about what they have to do in life. The thing is its ok to feel all of that. By feeling all those emotions is what makes us human but remember just don’t let that fear control your life. It’ll lead you to a pit of despair that you’ll never be able to climb out of.
