Essay on the Epic of Gilgamesh

The epic of Gilgamesh is story about death and friendship, these are two main themes in the book. Gilgamesh is the one who has to come to grips with the reality that death is inevitable, and that friendship is a necessity. When Enkidu dies Gilgamesh cant deal with it, he starts to think that if his friend can die that he too is only mortal, the first thing he does is go into denial about …

…happened to like the book, it has a very simple but true story line. The book was made more interesting by the fact that it was written so long ago. The story of Gilgamesh teaches you lesson that is true no matter what time it is read in, it was true a thousand years ago and it is true today. I personally enjoyed reading the book and would recommend to anyone to do the same.