Gligamesh

Who runs the world? If you’re a male you would probably answer with bias and answer with males. If you’re a female you too may answer with bias and respond, women; if you’re a logical female you would answer with men. And why would you not? Men make more money in the work field, they’re less likely to be attacked or frightened when walking through an unfamiliar atmosphere. In many Middle Eastern countries men don’t earn respect, they’re given it. They get to go to school, be independent, and drive a car! And best part no child birth pains! This may come as a surprise but a longtime ago, men would’ve killed to birth a child, to be essential in the creating of life. They strived to achieve “The Life after Forever”. In the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, a man goes on a quest to find just that. Gilgamesh is a man of little value, just like all the other men of his time. He is deemed peripheral, because he cannot procreate. He is told he is “two thirds a god but one third a man.” He wants to live forever and after witnessing the death of his beloved friend, Enkidu, he must do just that. He goes to the land of Dilmum to find the only immortal man, Utnapistum. He travels to the mountain of Mashu where he is questioned and ridiculed for his notion of being everlasting. The Scorpions guard the door from him, standing in the way of eternal life and him, but finally he is let in. Here he is again remind that his quest is unavailing, this time by Shamash the Sun God: “You will never find the life for which you are searching.” He meets Siduri, the goddess of wine she too reminds him of his vacuous journey and the common lot of men: “Be merry and rejoice, cherish your child and embrace you wife.” Not only is Gilgamesh again told his fate; she too locks her tavern, barring him again from reaching the next level to immortality. Eventually, Gilgamesh meet with the epitome of the male hope, Utnapishtim. Utnapishtim gives him a speech that averages to “nothing last forever”. He