Blog #5 Gilgamesh: Zero or Hero?

So I guess I pretty much fell off of this whole blog thing part of it is mainly because I forgot and after reading Gilgamesh I honestly got a little bored with it, but I am back, doing them again only because I have to and I honestly think that I like the idea of having to do these all at the end because I think this way I get to go back through my notes of what we talked about in class for each subject and kind of get me ready for the final exam.

So anyways in this blog I will be talking about Giglamesh and how very un-heroic I think that he is. The story starts off by explaining how Gilgamesh built great cities and fields but was a terrible person because he would rape and abuse any woman he wanted to. In my opinion a Superhero would not be going around taking advantage of women because it is not very moral and I think that morals are something a Superhero should have. Also we talked about in class how Superheroes never get any and I totally felt that made sense so the fact that he does get some makes me think of him less of a hero; as crazy as that may sound.

Also mentioned in the beginning of the story is how Gilgamesh is two-thirds god. We had a long discussion about this in class and I came to think that a God cannot be a Superhero because I think Gods are far beyond the capabilities of a Superhero. One reason is because many people do believe in Gods and their existence. We also believe in Superheroes but realize that they are only real in a fantasy. So since Gilgamesh was considered a God I do not think he could qualify as a superhero.

The last point I want to make on why I do not think Gilgamesh is a superhero is basically his main journey in the story; the fact that he spent the entire journey trying to become immortal. I think that in a superhero story the superhero is always fighting against evil for the common good of his people. Gilgamesh doesn’t do that; he searches ways of protecting only himself from death. Also he ends up failing in gaining immortality and then just gives up and goes home. Even though in the end he realizes that is more important to live in the now and enjoy what he has, I think that if he were a true superhero he would have kept moving towards his goal until he reached it.

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