The Epic of Gilgamesh, rendered by David Ferry, is a story that manages to both transcends and very much be fixated in time with its with it themes. Some themes I find familiar and relatable in the work are that of friendship and loss, and then comes along the idea of how a king should rule that is extremely foreign and baffles me. Breaking down the themes and ideas allows us as historians to better learn of our own selves and the people of our past. Friendship can easily be seen with the character of Gilgamesh and Enkidu. A true friend in my opinion is not one who you simple spend time with; but rather, a friend is someone who will come to the aid and support of their friend without the need for a hail to action. Even if, the action puts
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I concedance is withdrawn though with the fact that he did not flee from in the fight with Huwawa or the fight with Bull and with the following statement by Enkidu post Huwawa battle, “‘Huwawa must be killed and you must build out of the wood of the tallest cedar a gate, a gate for the city, a great monument telling how Gilgamesh slew the guardian of the Forest.’”(Ferry, 28). Though both men fought side by side in the battle, when talking about the monument Enkidu excludes himself from the glory. This statement indicates Enkidu’s selflessness, he desires for his friend to obtain glory than for his own selfish reasons. This selflessness further supports the early claim that Enkidu’s is a true friend, as instead of building himself up he sacrifices to futher supports his friend. People like Enkidu are hard to come by in life, finding someone analogous to him though is an exemplary experience. Trues friends make sacrifice, we see this in Enkidu early action and I see when one of my friends helped me with my project …show more content…
These are the words Gilgamesh utters after the death of a true friend, “‘Enkidu has died. Must I die too? Must Gilgamesh be like that?’”(Ferry, 48). Here facing the loss of a dear friend Gilgamesh has a “ducky” existential crisis, “ducky” here being quite the opposite of ducky(Wack, I know, some may even say quack - hopefully this “Hail Mary” will be recieve well unlike any of the passing for the Razorbacks in the 2017 season against TCU). Losing someone close to has trigger a similar reaction to Gilgamesh take. I project that Gilgamesh felt his mighty friend may live forever, this is how I felt about my own great uncle. It is a feeling you never consider because it alway seemed so foreign to yourself until it happens to someone you are close to, it becomes “real.” Then in my case I revisited the subject of own mortality, an unnerving experiment I discover the truth too as a young child, because it is so fresh on the mind and feel so much more personal it was an intenses experiences learn what I already knew. During the twilight pages of the epic Gilgamesh states the following after losing his “How-the-Old-Man-Once-Again-Becomes-a-Young-Man” to a serpent, “‘I descended into the waters to find the plant and what I found was a sign telling me to abandon the journey and what it was I sought out for.’”( Ferry, 81). Here Gilgamesh comes to finally accept the fact that he is going to die. He a demigod and the rest
I concedance is withdrawn though with the fact that he did not flee from in the fight with Huwawa or the fight with Bull and with the following statement by Enkidu post Huwawa battle, “‘Huwawa must be killed and you must build out of the wood of the tallest cedar a gate, a gate for the city, a great monument telling how Gilgamesh slew the guardian of the Forest.’”(Ferry, 28). Though both men fought side by side in the battle, when talking about the monument Enkidu excludes himself from the glory. This statement indicates Enkidu’s selflessness, he desires for his friend to obtain glory than for his own selfish reasons. This selflessness further supports the early claim that Enkidu’s is a true friend, as instead of building himself up he sacrifices to futher supports his friend. People like Enkidu are hard to come by in life, finding someone analogous to him though is an exemplary experience. Trues friends make sacrifice, we see this in Enkidu early action and I see when one of my friends helped me with my project …show more content…
These are the words Gilgamesh utters after the death of a true friend, “‘Enkidu has died. Must I die too? Must Gilgamesh be like that?’”(Ferry, 48). Here facing the loss of a dear friend Gilgamesh has a “ducky” existential crisis, “ducky” here being quite the opposite of ducky(Wack, I know, some may even say quack - hopefully this “Hail Mary” will be recieve well unlike any of the passing for the Razorbacks in the 2017 season against TCU). Losing someone close to has trigger a similar reaction to Gilgamesh take. I project that Gilgamesh felt his mighty friend may live forever, this is how I felt about my own great uncle. It is a feeling you never consider because it alway seemed so foreign to yourself until it happens to someone you are close to, it becomes “real.” Then in my case I revisited the subject of own mortality, an unnerving experiment I discover the truth too as a young child, because it is so fresh on the mind and feel so much more personal it was an intenses experiences learn what I already knew. During the twilight pages of the epic Gilgamesh states the following after losing his “How-the-Old-Man-Once-Again-Becomes-a-Young-Man” to a serpent, “‘I descended into the waters to find the plant and what I found was a sign telling me to abandon the journey and what it was I sought out for.’”( Ferry, 81). Here Gilgamesh comes to finally accept the fact that he is going to die. He a demigod and the rest