Gilgamesh is egotistical and unkind to his people, the people are very displeased with him. Soon Gilgamesh starts to hear rumors of a wild man who lives with animals; Gilgamesh sends out a priest to go civilize him, the priest shows the wild man named Enkidu the ways of civilization by sleeping with him. Enkidu decides to follow the priest into Uruk, when he reaches Uruk he is greatly admired. Gilgamesh hears of this and he goes to meet Enkidu, soon as the two men see each other they begin to fight. During the fight they both look at each other and start to realize that they are both equals, and they decide to form a friendship …show more content…
Soon after the dream Enkidu gets very sick and dies. Gilgamesh is heart broken by the death of his friend, he recalls all that they achieved together and mourns for a very long time. Soon his sadness turns into fear, he realizes if Enkidu can die that Gilgamesh can too. He sets out on a journey to see a man named Utnapishtim who is said to be immortal. The journey is very dangerous, no man has ever made it before. Gilgamesh crosses the gardens of the gods and the waters of death to finally reach the old man. The answer the old man tells him that no man is immortal that we all must die sooner or later, but he does give him a plant that can make you younger. On the way home from this journey Gilgamesh encounters a serpent who steal the plant from him. Gilgamesh then realizes that no matter how hard he tries that he will die, all men