I had never read it before this class, but while reading I couldn’t help but make a comparison to a fable because of the important lessons contained within each. One of the important lessons I took from it was that humans are all mortal and our death is unavoidable. I linked this to what my mother used to tell me when I was young. She always used to tell me that it is simply a waste of our time to think about death; instead we should be living every day to the fullest and taking advantage of the time we have left. I think, in the end, Gilgamesh realized this and became a better ruler because of
I had never read it before this class, but while reading I couldn’t help but make a comparison to a fable because of the important lessons contained within each. One of the important lessons I took from it was that humans are all mortal and our death is unavoidable. I linked this to what my mother used to tell me when I was young. She always used to tell me that it is simply a waste of our time to think about death; instead we should be living every day to the fullest and taking advantage of the time we have left. I think, in the end, Gilgamesh realized this and became a better ruler because of