“In the Epic of Gilgamesh” and “The Odyssey” share very important details. Like, in both the stories the hero gets a gift. The gift is another helping hand, or shows the hero how to improve one’s self. The gift “In The Epic of Gilgamesh” is he learns how to be a better ruler to his people, and fighting in what you believe in is important. Gilgamesh set out on his journey to find immortality to save his friend Enkidu who is dead. In “The Odyssey” Odysseus gets a gift from the Gods, Hermes gives him a type of garlic to defeat Circe and the Gods help him get back home. Gilgamesh received the best gift. His gift was the chance to be able to be selfless and finally be a true man. That is not the only detail that the two stories have in common. These epic poems use plenty of alliteration. For example, in “The Odyssey” Beers uses a ton of alliteration, like on page 655 he uses the letter “s” to describe the feeling or the mood. “Is the sweetness there that grows, my hair it blows long, as I sing into the wind I tell of nights, where I could taste the salt on his skin, salt of the waves…” (Beers
“In the Epic of Gilgamesh” and “The Odyssey” share very important details. Like, in both the stories the hero gets a gift. The gift is another helping hand, or shows the hero how to improve one’s self. The gift “In The Epic of Gilgamesh” is he learns how to be a better ruler to his people, and fighting in what you believe in is important. Gilgamesh set out on his journey to find immortality to save his friend Enkidu who is dead. In “The Odyssey” Odysseus gets a gift from the Gods, Hermes gives him a type of garlic to defeat Circe and the Gods help him get back home. Gilgamesh received the best gift. His gift was the chance to be able to be selfless and finally be a true man. That is not the only detail that the two stories have in common. These epic poems use plenty of alliteration. For example, in “The Odyssey” Beers uses a ton of alliteration, like on page 655 he uses the letter “s” to describe the feeling or the mood. “Is the sweetness there that grows, my hair it blows long, as I sing into the wind I tell of nights, where I could taste the salt on his skin, salt of the waves…” (Beers