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The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a king who was two-thirds god and one-third man. He was godlike in body and mind, but began his kingship as a cruel despot. The gods heard his pleas and created a wild man named Enkidu to keep him under control.

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As the story begins, Gilgamesh is a very terrifying power hungry leader. After hearing many people complain about Gilgamesh, the Gods get to talking and creating a match for Gilgamesh. Enkidu lived in the wilderness and was one with animals, he went to Uruk and challenges Gilgamesh. After the challenge, Gilgamesh pledges his loyalty and marks the start of their friendship.

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One thing I've learned after reading Chapter 1 of the Epic of Gilgamesh is that strength isn't everything. Gilgamesh is feared and regarded as a wicked deity at the start of the epic. His only ambition was to become immortal, and despite knowing how risky this would be, he was willing to take the risk. Gilgamesh later meets Enkidu, who assists him on his journey until his tragic death. As a result, he was able to discover his inner self.

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Today I learned that even for someone as powerful as Gilgamesh, every mortal person is going to die. As Gilgamesh learned, it is better to enjoy the life that you have rather than spend the time you have searching for something that you would never be able to obtain. Gilgamesh wasted most of his life looking for immortality and that is what caused most the misery in his life.

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I primarily learned about the setting of the story and the upbringing of the characters themselves. I learned about how Gilgamesh was created and how he was a powerful being, and a terrible ruler at first. After Enkidu was created, and adjusted to the norms of humanity, he challenged Gilgamesh and after they fought, they became friends, very close friends. This taught me how friendship is something everyone ought to have, even an all-powerful-being like Gilgamesh wished for a friend, and when he gets one, they both achieve many great feats together.

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Gilgamesh was seen as a bad person and king but all in all just needed someone to fill the void he felt in his life. His friendship with Enkidu helped fill some of it up. He went up and down searching for immortality, to his knowledge knowing it couldn't really occur with his human side. It took his entire journey and different encounters for him to eventually become a good king and become a hero.

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After reading the first chapter, I was able to learn that Gilgamesh was considered a hero despite his wrong doings. He goes through a time where he discovers himself and is able to overcome any drawbacks that prevent him in moving forward. I also learned that Enkidu was created by the Gods in order to teach Gilgamesh the lessons that he needed.

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Today I learned more about the Epic of Gilgamesh. Specifically I learned more about the main character, the setting, and background. The story takes place in the city of Uruk (Ancient Mesopotamia), where there is the king Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is 2/3rds God and is as well a serial rapist. We are also introduced to the character Enkidu and his beginnings. Gilgamesh begins/goes on many adventures with Enkidu.

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In the first chapter of The Epic of Gilgamesh we learn about how Gilgamesh and Enkidu both are strikingly similar but at the same time very different. Which later sets up for the close friendship they develop. We also learn about how Gilgamesh is a tyrant ruler who was made to be perfect and the strongest of all and in desperation his subjects plead to the Gods for them to get rid of Gilgamesh, who then create Enkidu to be the equal of Gilgamesh.

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I have learned so far that Gilgamesh went on many journeys looking for immortality but deep down knowing the ways to reach immortality where inhumane and that he was truly a human that only had one life to find fulfillment which I thought was a pretty cool lesson/theme. I also liked the detail in the beginning explaining his background with his parents and him having a terrible track record thus far into his life that.

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Gilgamesh can't grasp the concept that he's going to die and wants to prove his immortality despite being one-third human (even though both of his parents are gods). His journey brought him great success and loss. Ultimately, he failed, despite the success- such as defeating Humbaba and the bull- that his bravery/disrespect brought him.

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One of the first things I learned is that the character Enkidu was made out of clay by the goddess Aruru. The entire purpose of Enkidu's existence is to fight against Gilgamesh. I also learned that throughout chapter one before Gilgamesh and Enkidu met they were both calling themselves the strongest. I did not know this before but Gilgamesh can somewhat see the future with his dreams and knew of existence of his companion but not that it was Enkidu.

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A lesson I learned from the Epic of Gilhamesh is that even
though he was considered a hero he was a totally bad due who people were seriously afraid of. He was the perfect human essentailly being able to overcome almost any and every obsticle but his lack in convictin and overal goodness and respec is what made him be not so great in the end. which is also what led to his ultimate dimise.

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During this reading I first learned about the beginnings of Gilgamesh's story and how he was a tyrant king. I also learned more details about Enkidu's beginnings as well and how Enkidu was raised in the wild, and how he spent some of his time with shepherds. I also found more about Gilgamesh's and Enkidu's first meeting, which was when Enkidu was trying to stop Gilgamesh from entering the bride's house. From the video I also found that later on in the story Gilgamesh with meet a goddess of wisdom and beer, which I though was interesting.

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A lesson I learned today was that even your worst enemy can become a friend. Enkidu and Gilgamesh had clashed at first, they were the same size and sought out to fight each other. After wrestling and ultimately realizing nobody is going to win, they decided to call it quits. However, this had sparked the creation of their friendship, because they were able to acknowledge that they were pretty common. The story emphasizes how fond they grew of each other, and the pain Gilgamesh faces after Enkidu's death. They were able to put their pride aside and become really good friends instead of unnecessary hatred of one another.

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While reading The Epic of Gilgamesh, I learned that people can become allies no matter the circumstances, as we saw when Enkidu and Gilgamesh started fighting. I also learned that Enkidu has a sense of justice and immediately went to find Gilgamesh whenever he found out that Gilgamesh is a tyrant ruler. While watching the Youtube 'Crash Course' video for The Epic of Gilgamesh, it helped to explain Gilgamesh's journey and also how living a good life is better than living an eternal life. Gilgamesh has successes and failures, but he ended up returning home and he became a better ruler.

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Today I learned that even people with power, such as Gilgamesh, can still be able to learn life lessons. After, Enkidu's death, he realizes that his subjects go thru the same type of pain and can relate to them. This was a turning point because it allowed Gilgamesh to be able to embrace his mortal side. Gilgamesh is a perfect example of learning to love new things about ourselves.

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I learned that in The Epic of Gilgamesh the writer introduces Gilgamesh as a hero, who built the city of Uruk and tells his story of traveling to the ends of the Earth. We are told that Gilgamesh is a powerful leader and his people are terrified by him because he will sacrifice, rape, and take what he wants from his people. People are upset by this so they tell Aruru, the creator of Gilgamesh, and she creates Enkidu. A prostitute from Uruk tells Enkidu about Gilgamesh and Enkidu realizes his own loneliness, and has intentions to challenge Gilgamesh to a battle of strength, and eventually made friends with one another.

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Gilgamesh is a Tyrant born to the Goddess Ninsun making him 2/3 God. He was the Tyrant of Uruk who took all sons, even children, and virgin women for his own. The people of Uruk feared Gilgamesh for he was a bad leader using his power to his advantage. Gilgamesh then met Enkidu who helped him on his journey until his passing. Enkidu’s passing helped Gilgamesh find his true self.

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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, I learned that the main character Gilgamesh is considered the hero of the story although he is actually a tyrannical king. He goes through the stages of the hero's journey that is commonly demonstrated in literature. The story of Gilgamesh has been around since ancient Mesopotamia and is known to be one of the first written stories.

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I learned a lot more about what the Epic of Gilgamesh's theme was. I had already read about the story in the article from last week. but the excerpt gave a really in depth explanation about the plot and it's message. I learned the beginning of the story about the adventures of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and as well the characters they encountered along the way, since we are just 2 chapters in. My favorite thing that I learned from this tall tell was the amount of meaningful messages behind this story, and how much most of it still applies to modern day.

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Gilgamesh was made to be the perfect person, and he was also a total tyrant, and the people are afraid of him. Because of this, the gods listened to the prayers of the people and created his equal Enkidu. Enkidu was akin to an animal, and he was important because he was the one who would, in some sense, defeat Gilgamesh and make Gilgamesh less of a tyrant. Afterwards they become really good friends, and their relationships is looked at like husband and wife.