The Epic of Gilgamesh and Monkey
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story about The King of a town named Uruk, who is one third mortal and two-thirds immortal. The king of Uruk was a. Ulcer of enormous towers and ziggurats and enclosed his city with immense walls and vast orchards. Gilgamesh was not treasured as a king; he would take advantage of any woman that caught his eye, he was quite fond of newlywed brides. The Gods were not delighted with Gilgamesh's conduct and decided to construct a wild-man named Enkidu to tame the king. After a fierce battle, the two developed an extremely tight connection.
This is where the first journey stood out, Gilgamesh and Enkidu journeys to the distant Cedar Forrest, prohibited to mortals so the pair could steal …show more content…
Monkey uses a hurricane as a diversion, while the town is in disarray, monkey steals weapons from the armory. When he realizes there are too many weapons to carry he multiplies himself to carry them all. He then hears about the Dragon King, and decides to pay him a visit. “Do you think it would be possible for you to get one from the denizens of the sea?” pg34 “Since my Illumination I have mastery of seventy two transformations; greatest wonder of all, I can ride upon the clouds. I can become invisible, I can penetrate bronze and stone. Water cannot drown me, any more than fir can burn me. What’s’ preventing me from getting a weapon from the powers of the sea?” pg 34. Monkey reminds me of Kim Jong Un President of N. Korea with his boldness here. Monkey boldly demands the Dragon King to find him a weapon in his own home. After he finds a weapon Monkey then demands an outfit. I think the weapon here or the way Monkey went about to attain the weapon here was bold, however it symbolizes way to get attention or respect. Similar to that older gentleman on your job who has been doing the same job for decades and all he wants is to be noticed, to get respect. And the weapon was that thing to gain him respect from the Jade Emperor and the Gods in Heaven. Monkey was not only seeking the physical of a weapon he was seeking respect. I think he was also seeking inner
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story about The King of a town named Uruk, who is one third mortal and two-thirds immortal. The king of Uruk was a. Ulcer of enormous towers and ziggurats and enclosed his city with immense walls and vast orchards. Gilgamesh was not treasured as a king; he would take advantage of any woman that caught his eye, he was quite fond of newlywed brides. The Gods were not delighted with Gilgamesh's conduct and decided to construct a wild-man named Enkidu to tame the king. After a fierce battle, the two developed an extremely tight connection.
This is where the first journey stood out, Gilgamesh and Enkidu journeys to the distant Cedar Forrest, prohibited to mortals so the pair could steal …show more content…
Monkey uses a hurricane as a diversion, while the town is in disarray, monkey steals weapons from the armory. When he realizes there are too many weapons to carry he multiplies himself to carry them all. He then hears about the Dragon King, and decides to pay him a visit. “Do you think it would be possible for you to get one from the denizens of the sea?” pg34 “Since my Illumination I have mastery of seventy two transformations; greatest wonder of all, I can ride upon the clouds. I can become invisible, I can penetrate bronze and stone. Water cannot drown me, any more than fir can burn me. What’s’ preventing me from getting a weapon from the powers of the sea?” pg 34. Monkey reminds me of Kim Jong Un President of N. Korea with his boldness here. Monkey boldly demands the Dragon King to find him a weapon in his own home. After he finds a weapon Monkey then demands an outfit. I think the weapon here or the way Monkey went about to attain the weapon here was bold, however it symbolizes way to get attention or respect. Similar to that older gentleman on your job who has been doing the same job for decades and all he wants is to be noticed, to get respect. And the weapon was that thing to gain him respect from the Jade Emperor and the Gods in Heaven. Monkey was not only seeking the physical of a weapon he was seeking respect. I think he was also seeking inner