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Once Gilgamesh makes it to Untapishtem, he thinks that he should look different. Gilgamesh says, " ' I imagined that you would look like a god. But you look like me, you are not any different. I intended to fight you, yet now that I stand before you, now that I see who you are...'" (182) He expected something different of him, and I wonder why he expected him to look different than he actually did.

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After Enlil finds out that Utnapishtim and his people survived the flood meant to kill them, he makes Utnapishtim and his wife kneel in front of him. Enlil then says, "Hear me, you gods: Until now Utnapishtim was a mortal man. But from now on, he and his wife will be gods like us, they shall live forever" (190-191). Why would Enlil reward those people, that he wanted dead in the first place, so greatly.

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Enkidu and Gilgamesh kill the bull of heaven, and Enkidu has a dream about offending the gods, in the dreams he becomes sick and dies the same day Enikidu has the dreams he falls ill. "The day Enkidu has his dream his strength began failing. For twelve long days he was deathly sick, he lay in his bed unable to rest... when he herd the death rattle, Gilgamesh moaned like a dove"(149).  I wonder why the author foreshadow important events as dreams.

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Right before Enkidu and Gilgamesh kill Humaba, Humbaba tries to convince Gilgamesh not kill him since he is the guardian of the Cedar Forest. If he spares the monster, he will gain control of the land. However, Enkidu tells Gilgamesh not to listen to him and kill the monster anyways. Gilgamesh slays the monster. Humbaba says, "I curse you both. Because you have done this, may Enkidu die, may he be in great pain, may Gilgamesh be inconsolable, may his merciless heart be crushed with grief" (237). I wonder why only Enkidu was killed and not Gilgamesh too.

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After the gods sent the flood. The waters were rising higher until they reached the heavens, but the water kept rising. The gods got scared and fled to Anu's palace. In the text it says, "Even the gods were afraid. The waters rose higher and higher until the gods fled to Anu's palace in the highest heaven" (186). I wonder why the gods were scared of the waters even though they are immortal and they planned the floods.

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After Gilgamesh swam to the bottom of the ocean and got the flower, he bathed in a pond and left the flower on the shore. A snake ate the flower and regained its youth. It says, “Gilgamesh saw a pond of cool water. He left the plant on the ground...a snake smelled its fragrance...and carried the plant away. When Gilgamesh saw what the snake had done, he sat down and wept" (197). I wonder why the author had Gilgamesh fail in gaining immortality.

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Gilgamesh is distraught after his passing of his dear friend Enkidu. He feels he lost everything and didn't have anything to move on for. So as a last resort he ventures out to seek immortality. He thinks this is the only way to cement his legacy. The narrator says, "Gilgamesh saw a pond of cool water. He left the plant on the ground and bathed. A snake smelled it's fragrance, stealthily it crawled up and carried the plant away" (197). I wonder why Gilgamesh wouldn't be more careful after he had worked so hard to get the plant.

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After Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeat the Bull of Heaven, Enkidu has a dream about the gods discussing who should be punished for killing Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. Enlil, one of the gods, says, "Enkidu, not Gilgamesh, is the one who must die." (141). I wonder why the gods decide that Enkidu should die, when Gilgamesh is more at fault.

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When Enkidu is about to confront Gilgamesh and show him how mighty he is some shepherds of Uruk see him and say, ¨¨What an enormous man,¨ they whispered, ¨How much like Gilgamesh he is - tall and strong, with muscles like rock.¨¨(85) I wonder why Enkidu is so easily compared with Gilgamesh if he is all human and Gilgamesh is two-thirds god.

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When Gilgamesh reaches Utnapishtim to find the answer to immortality Utnapishtim tells him the story of how he was granted eternal life. In the story the god Enlil becomes angry with the humans and floods the earth. Utnapishtim was warned by the god Ea, and built a boat so he and his family and friends could escape. The flood comes and the waters rise so high even the gods become frightened “The waters rose higher and higher until the gods fled to Anu’s palace in the highest heaven. But Anu had shut the gates. The gods cowered by the palace wall, like dogs” (186). I wonder why Anu did not let the other gods into his palace where’d they be safe from the floods?

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Both Upnapishtim and the tavern keeper try to explain to Gilgamesh that he should not try to prevent death and that he should just live his life to the best that he can. Shiduri says, "Savor your food, make each of your days a delight, bathe and anoint yourself, wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean, let music and dancing fill your house, love the child who holds you by the hand, and give your wife pleasure in your embrace. That is the best way for a man to live." (169). I wonder why Gilgamesh stills wants to have eternal life after she tells him this

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Gilgamesh is returning to Uruk with the plant that will give him immortality, but the plant is taken by a snake while he is distracted, "He left the plant on the ground and bathed. A snake smelled its fragrance, stealthily it crawled up and carried the plant away." (197). I wonder why Gilgamesh would even take his eyes off something so valuable to him, especially after he worked so hard to get it.

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Gilgamesh has dreams about the fate of himself and Enkidu when they fight Humbaba. "'What happened? Did you touch me? Did a god pass by? What makes my skin creep? Why am I cold? Enkidu dear friend, I have had a dream.'" Why dose the author repeat this exact sentence every time Gilgamesh has a dream.

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Gilgamesh is trying to pass a test by Utnapishtim to achieve immortality. He falls asleep, but then denies sleeping when he wakes up. He says "I was almost falling asleep when I felt your touch" (193). I wonder what Utnapishtim would have done if Gilgamesh had told the truth about sleeping.

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Gilgamesh desires to kill the monster Humbaba with the help of Enkidu. Enkidu however, is afraid and Gilgamesh calms him. However, then Gilgamesh begins to fear Humbaba and Enkidu tells him, ¨´Dear friend, great warrior, noble hero, don´t lose courage, remember this: Two boats lashed together will never sink. A three-ply rope is not easily broken. If we help each other and fight side by side, what harm can come to us? Let us go on´¨ (122). I wonder why Gilgamesh is able to give Enkidu courage but then begins to fear himself.

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Gilgamesh has had a long painful journey to only reach Utnapishtim who is not even his final step of the hero's journey. Gilgamesh looks weak and full of grief at this point and his strength his starting to fade, however his determination isn't. When he reached Shiduri and then Utnapishtim they both stated to Gilgamesh, "Why are your cheeks so hollow? Why is your face so ravaged, frost-chilled, and burnt by the desert sun? Why is there so much grief in your heart? Why are you worn out and ready to collapse, like someone who has been on a long, hard journey?" (174). I wonder why both Shiduri and Utnapishtim are stating this in such criticism when it is normal for Gilgamesh to look this way after all he has been through.

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Gilgamesh and Enkidu always tend to have dreams of events that are going to actually happen soon. Gilgamesh dreamt that he had offended the gods and to pay for his actions the gods decided that Enkidu would die soon. The next day, Enkidu also had a dream that he would die soon, and now he is. Gilgamesh stated, "Then Enlil said to him, 'Enkidu, not Gilgamesh, is the one who must die." (141). Enkidu then replied, "Dear friend, dear brother, they are taking me from you. I will not return." (141). I wonder why the author caused both Gilgamesh and Enkidu's dreams to always come true.

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Gilgamesh and Enkidu just entered the Cedar Forest. Enkidu is convinced that he cannot go on, however once they lay their eyes on the monster, Gilgamesh freezes:
the narrator says, "Dread surged through Gilgamesh, terror flooded his muscles, his heart froze, his mouth went dry, his legs shook, his feet were rooted to the ground" (121). I wonder why Gilgamesh is chastising Enkidu about not being brave for us to then see that he is the one that is afraid.

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While Gilgamesh talks with the elders about traveling into the forest to battle with Humbaba, he just laughs and talks about how strong and powerful he is.
Gilgamesh says, "Dear friend, tell me, has your courage returned? Are you ready to leave? Or are you still afraid of dying a hero's death?" (97) I wonder why Gilgamesh is always so sure of himself.

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After Gilgamesh tells Enkidu that he wants to kill Humbaba, Enkidu doesn't want to fight because he is afraid. Gilgamesh chastises Enkidu, but when they finally face Humbaba, Gilgamesh is the one who is afraid, he says, "How dreadful Humbaba's face has become! It is changing into a thousand nightmare faces, more horrible than I can bear. I feel haunted. I am too afraid to go on" (123). Gilgamesh called Enkidu cowardly for being scared, so why was Gilgamesh scared

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Enkidu has a frightening dream that Gilgamesh and him offended the gods. In Enkidu's dream the Counsel of Anu is going to make Gilgamesh or Enkidu face death. In Enkidu's dream he said the counsel of Anu met and said, "They have slaughtered the bull of heaven and killed Humbaba, watchman of the Ceder Forest. Therefore one of the two must die, the Enlil said to him, 'Enkidu not Gilgamesh, is the one who must die''' (341). I wonder why the counsel in Enkidu's dream said that it could not be Gilgamesh who must die, but Enkidu.

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Gilgamesh mourns the loss of his friend Enkidu, and this sparks the idea for his quest to immortality. He travels in anguish to find Utnapishtim who will hopefully share the secrets of immortality with him, then encounters two scorpion people guarding the Twin Peaks, “If you don’t emerge from the tunnel before the sun sets and enters, you will find no refuge from its deadly fire” (162). I wonder why the sun was believed to enter the tunnel, was this a real myth at the time the Epic was written?

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Gilgamesh wants Enkidu to go with him to kill Humbaba, but Enkidu does not believe that this is a good idea, Gilgamesh says,  "'No, we are mortal men. Only the gods live forever. Our days are few in number, and whatever we achieve is a puff of wind'" (93). Gilgamesh is 2/3 god, and 1/3 man, and yet he says that he is a mortal. I wonder why Gilgamesh chooses to focus  more on his human side then his godly side.

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Aruru creates Enkidu to be a hero and an equal to Gilgamesh, and she puts Enkidu in the wilderness. The author writes, "And fashioned a man, a warrior, a hero..." (74). The trapper says to his father, "'He fills in the pits I have dug, he tears out the traps I have set, he frees the animals, and I can catch nothing. My livelihood is gone'" (76). If Enkidu is supposed to be a hero, I wonder why he is ruining the trapper's work, and ruining the his life.

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Aruru creates Enkidu to support the people that needed assistance, and to be freed from the tyranny of Gilgamesh, and yet all he does is destroy traps, and makes it harder for them to catch food. One day, the trapper says to his father, "He tears out the traps I have set, he frees the animals..." (76). I wonder why Aruru decided to create something that would make it more difficult for the people to survive

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Gilgamesh is trying to convince Enkidu to agree on the journey to the Cedar Forest but Enkidu thinks it is too dangerous doesn't want to go. Gilgamesh says, "Only gods live forever. Our days are few in number, and whatever we acheive is a puff of wind. Why be afraid then, since sooner or later death must come?" (93). If Gilgamesh seems so accepting of death here, why does Enkidu's death change his mind about mortality?

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Enkidu falls deathly ill after he dreamt of the gods conversing about the punishment for killing the bull of heaven and Humbaba, they chose Enkidu to die. Enkidu says, "I dreamed that we offended the gods, they met in council and Anu said....'Therefore one of the two must die' Then Enlil said to him, 'Enkidu, not Gligamesh, is the one who must die." (37). I wonder why Enkidu are getting punished for ending the evil beings that terrified man, even if they were placed there by the gods. Not only that, but Enkidu, the one who tried to convince Gilgamesh to stay home, is dying because of a feat that Gilgamesh wanted to accomplish.

Note: I used the expurgated pdf on classroom.

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Gilgamesh wants to go fight Humbaba with Enkidu but Enkidu is not yet convinced to go and worries about their fate if they fight the monster: Enkidu says"'But how can any man dare to enter the Ceder Forest? It is scared to Enlil Hasn't he declared the entrance forbidden, hasn't he put Humbaba there to terrify men? We must not go on this journey, we must not fight this creature.'''(92). Though Gilgamesh and Enkidu look alike they are two very different people mentally. Gilgamesh seems to be more impulsive and puts little thought before he dose something where as Enkidu is more level headed and thinks about all the outcomes and options before acting on something.

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Gilgamesh and Enkidu are debating whether or not they should journey to the Cedar Forest to take on the Humbaba that awaits there: Enkidu says, "But how can any man dare to enter the Cedar Forest? It is sacred to Enlil. Hasn't he declared the entrance forbidden, hasn't he put Humbaba there to terrify men?" (92). I wonder why everyone is saying that he is basically like Gilgemesh, body build and all, however he doesn't have the drive to just go on an adventure without any thought like Gilgemesh does.

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When Gilgamesh is introducing the idea of killing Humbaba to Enkidu, he says," Now we must travel to the Cedar Forest, where the fierce monster Humbaba lives. We must kill him and drive evil out from the world" (91). I wonder why Gilgamesh is saying that they must drive out evil from the world even though he oppresses his people, which is quite obviously evil, and many people would have told him that it was so.

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Gilgamesh is a great ruler, however many of his people despise him, and his method of ruling. He treats his citizens very poorly and with no regard to their feelings or thoughts. He is an oppressive ruler and thinks only about one thing, usually himself. In the story the narrator says, "The city is his possession, he struts through it, arrogant, his head raised high trampling it's citizens like a bull. He is king, he does what he wants" (72). I wonder why the people of his kingdom wish for him to return perfectly alive and healthy from his journey to the Cedar forest if he treats them so poorly.

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Before Gilgamesh and Enkidu leave to Cedar forest Gilgamesh asks his mother Ninsun to give him a blessing before he leaves. Gilgamesh says, "Dear mother, great goddess, help me in this, give me your blessing before I leave, so that I may come back from the Cedar forest victorious, and see your face again." (99). I wonder if Enkidu would have gotten sick if Ninsun gave him her blessing before he left for the forest.

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As a trapper explains to his father about a wild man that eats and drinks with the animals but is faster and stronger than them his father says, "Son, in Uruk there lives a man named Gilgamesh. He is king of that city and the strongest man in the world. Go to that city and follow his advice, he will know what to do" (76). I wonder why everyone praises Gilgamesh so much even though he abuses his power as king.

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Gilgamesh is trying to convince Enkidu to come on the trip through the Ceder Forest to defeat Humbaba with him. Gilgamesh tells Endiku that they will not live forever because only the gods will live for eternity. For example Gilgamesh says, "' We are not gods, we cannot ascend to heaven. No, we are mortal men. Only the gods live forever. Are days are few in number, and whatever we achieve is a puff of wind"'(93). I wonder why Gilgamesh is talking to Endiku about how they will die sooner or later so its ok if they were to die on this trip, although one of Enkidu's biggest fear about going on the trip is death.

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Gilgamesh and Enkidu have just become friends and Gilgamesh poses his idea of traveling into the forest to defeat Humbaba. Enkidu starts to cry and tells Gilgamesh that the forest is dangerous. The forest are deep, frightening, and endless. Enkidu says, "Dear friend, a scream sticks in my throat, my arms are limp. I knew that country when I roamed the fields with the antelope and deer. The forest is endless" (97). I wonder why Enkidu is afraid of returning to the forest after managing to become friends with Gilgamesh and stay alive in the forest even before that.

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As Gilgamesh and Enkidu are preparing for the fight against Humbaba and the journey to him, they forge some new weapons. The story says, "They cast huge weapons that ordinary men could never carry: axes that weighed two hundred pounds each, knives with cross guards and heavy mountings of solid gold. Each man carried weapons and armor that weighing more than six hundred pounds." (97,98). I wonder why Gilgamesh and Enkidu decide that they need to take 600 pounds of weapons each on a long journey, even if the demon is dangerous, especially since some of that weight is gold mountings, which is unnecessary.

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After Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight and they become friends, they decide that they should enter the Cedar Forest and defeat the monster Humbaba. Enkidu questions this idea and is not very confident that he will defeat the monster nor make it out alive. Enkidu says, ¨´But how can any man dare to enter the Cedar Forest? Hasn´t he declared its entrance forbidden, hasn´t he put Humbaba there to terrify men? We must not go on this journey, we must not fight this creature´¨(92). I wonder why Enkidu is afraid of the Cedar Forest now, after he has lived in the wild, a dangerous place for the majority of his life already and thrived in an environment where there is always the risk of death.

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Gilgamesh is talking about how him and Enkidu should go slay Humbaba. Enkidu is talking about why they should not do this so him and Gilgamesh are arguing. Then Enkindu brings up "Humbaba is the forests guardian, Enlil put him there to terrify men" (93). The two then decide that it is a good idea to go chop down the Cedar Forest anyway. I am wondering why Gilgamesh and Enkidu would think it is a good idea to go chop down the Cedar Forest and kill Humbaba even though he is the protector of the forest and he was put there by gods which may result in a severe punishment.

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Gilgamesh always wished for a truthful, loyal friend. Enkidu, a man who was known to live in the forest among the animals, learns about how strong and powerful Gilgamesh is. Enkidu then challenges Gilgamesh to a fight, to determine who is the all-mighty one. The fight seemed far from over, however the narrator stated, "Finally, Gilgamesh threw the wild man and with his right knee pinned him to the ground. His anger left him. He turned away. The contest was over." (89). After Enkidu was defeated: "They held hands like brothers. They walked side by side. They became true friends." (90) I wonder why Enkidu decided to become friends with Gilgamesh, when  he was just defeated by a fight almost to their deaths?

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When Gilgamesh and Enkidu become comrades, Gilgamesh decides that they should go off and defeat the monster Humbaba and cut down the largest tree in the forest, "'Hear me now, elders of great-walled Uruk. I must travel to the great cedar forest where the fierce monster Humbaba lives. I will conquer him in the Cedar Forest, I will cut down the tree,  I will kill Humbaba, the whole world will know how mighty I am.'" (94). I wonder why Gilgamesh decided to go on this journey to defeat Humbaba in the first place? What gave him the idea to do so?

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When Enkidu is led to the shepherd hut's they reacted to him as a very powerful and strong man like Gilgamesh. The author also did this when Enkidu got to Uruk. The civilians had very similar reactions to when they saw him for the first time. The shepherds said, " 'What an enormous man!' they whispered. 'Much like Gilgamesh he is' " (85)... The civilians of Uruk had a very similar reaction on page 88, except they said he was not as tall as Gilgamesh, but they still thought how powerful he was. I wonder why the author had the shepherds and civilians have similar reactions to Enkidu at when they first saw him at different parts of the story.

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This part of the story depicts Gilgamesh and Enkidu on their journey to the Cedar Forest so they can defeat the Humbaba. Gilgamesh is concerned about the meaning of his dreams, but Enkidu decides they symbolize positive things about their future journey. One of Enkidu's interpretations is, "The mountain stands for Humbaba. He will fall just like that mountain. Lord Shamash will grant us victory, we will kill the monster and leave his corpse on the battlefield." (106). Enkidu continues to have similar interpretations of the dreams and Gilgamesh takes these predictions as truth. I wonder why Gligamesh has so much belief and faith in what Enkidu says even though he originally thought his dreams were bad.

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After Gilgamesh visits his mother and askes for her blessing, Ninsun, the goddess, his mother, prays to Shamash to help Gilgamesh along his journey, she then says that she will adopt Enkidu as her own son. Ninsun says, "As a priestess takes in an abandon child, I have taken in Enkidu as my own son. May he be a brother for Gilgamesh. May he guide him to the Forest, and bring him home" (102). I wonder why the goddess Ninsun chooses adopt Enkidu as her own son and be a brother to Gilgamesh just to help him through the Forest.

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While Enkidu and Gilgamesh were on the journey to fight Humbaba, Gilgamesh has many dreams that he thinks are bad, but Enkidu interprets them as favorable once the battle comes. Gilgamesh says, “Enkidu, dear friend, I have had a dream, a horrible dream...Dear friend, tell me, what does this mean...Don’t worry my friend, the dream you had is a favorable one” (106). Gilgamesh and Enkidu continue to repeat this again but with different dreams until page 117. I wonder why the author decided to repeat the same event of Gilgamesh praying for a dream, having a dream that he thinks is horrible, and having Enkidu reassure him that it is good many times.