Death

While reading the Njal Saga I began to realize that death is something that occurs a lot. Many people died throughout the story. And it is all because of vengeance. Because someone kills one person, then that person gets killed and it goes on like that until there are many people dead. In the Njal, killing is something to feel proud of. If you kill someone, you will gain honor. Even if the person you killed really didn't do anything bad. " 'I would consider you a true son-in-law,' she said 'if you killed Thord Freedman's son. ' " (pg. 69) Hallgred, Gunnars wife, was full of revenge and all she wanted was people to die and she thought that killing was something good. She thought there was nothing wrong with taking anyone's life. To her, it was just part of her day. Even if it affected Njal's (Gunnars friend) family drastically. But of course she didn't care, for her it was just one more life.
In the story, Gunnar faced many problems. And the only way he could fix them was by killing. In the Njal, killing is like the solution to everything. If someone has a problem with some else all they have to do is kill that person. It is like if taking someone's life was a very common not tragic thing. But Njal, been very wise and good-intentioned knew that all of that killing was going to cause a big problem. So he gave his advice to Gunnar. "Never kill more than once within the same blood line, and never break any settlement which good men make between you and others, least of all if you have broken my first warning. " (pg. 94) If Gunnar followed Njal's advice, he was going to live a long life, but is he didn't, he was going to be killed.
I believe that it is very bad that in the Njal killing is a very common not horrible thing. It is like if they didn't value human life as they should.