Tablets IX XX

In Tablet XI Gilgamesh quotes "Enkidu has died. Must I die too? Gilgamesh be like that?"(pg 48) This shows how Gilgamesh is feeling after Enkidu. He is feeling guilty and beliefs it was his fault Enkidu died. So in the tablet XI Gilgamesh  is going to  Ulbartutu son Utnapishtim  who knows how to avoid death. So as Enkidu starts his journey to find Utnapishtim he starts to feel scared because there is no one to be with him in this situation. For Gilgamesh be able to get to Utnapishtim was by crossing the mountain named Mashu. So Gilgamesh was extremely frighten so he prays to be saved. But at last he is able to cross the mountain by two twins opening the doors. I relate this to my life because what Gilgamesh did in this tablet was what every good friend will do to save his friend from trouble.  As an example when both of the friends gets in trouble but one was already in trouble you blame yourself   so the other one is safe. This what Gilgamesh is trying to do in tablet XI.  
While in Tablet X Gilgamesh gets convinced that he should not feel guilty because Enkidu death. The one who convinced him was the Tabern keeper named Veiled Siduri . Veiled Siduri tells Gilgamesh instead he should be proud of what he an Enkidu did together. This makes the reader understand how good Enkidu and Gilgamesh friendship was extremely good.

Gilgamesh Tablets IV V

In the tablets IV and V in the book Gilgamesh from David Ferry they talk about how Gilgamesh(King of Uruk) and Enkidu are going towards the  Cedarforest to defeat Huwawa.  While they go to the forest, walking 50 leagues a day and resting in the nights. In the night there friendship became stronger because in the night Gilgamesh had weird dreams and Enkidu was always there to comfort him. Therefore Enkidu and Gilgamesh created a stronger relationship(Enkidu always supporting and telling him he was strong and able to defeat Huwawa) also when they both feel scared when they entered the forest, this made both of the had to defend their life against Huwawa. That s why Gilgamesh prayed to Shamash to send all 13 storms.  And with that help Gilgamesh was able to kill Huwawa.

In my life I believe that friends are for support in any circumstance and this is what Enkidu did with Gilgamesh supporting him. As an example I have a friend that always looks the situation always in a bright way and comforting you if you have problems just as Enkidu did with Gilgamesh. Therefore I was also related to something that Gilgamesh did when he pray for help, this event relates with me because I always pray in any situation I need help.

3 Inferences

3 Inferences 

1. I infer he just scored a goal because he is celebrating.
2. I infer he is happy because his gestures.
3 I infer he is using long sleeves because the weather is cold