Reading Blog: Tablets IV and V Gilgamesh

       Actually, being human kind's most ancient writing, The Epic of Gilgamesh is not really that bad. I thought that it was going to be boring, difficult to understand, and simple. My expectations were wrong...

       When reading tablets four and five, I made a connection to Paulo Coelho's book The Alchemist since it talked about dreams and signs of the gods. Enkidu described the dreams as fortunate. I made the connection to The Alchemist because in the book it talks a lot about omens and signs from nature.

       I also made a connection to a movie. When I read that Huwuwa was the demon of the forest, I automatically thought of Dr. Seuss's Lorax. I know it is a rather curious connection, since Huwuwa is an evil demon and the Lorax is the protector of the forest, but nevertheless, I thought about him.

       In Gilgamesh, the gods decide the fate of the humans. Since for my spanish class I have been reading the Iliad, I had to make the connection. In Homer's extensive poem, the Olympian gods decide the fate of the war of Troy. In this book however, Enkidu and Gilgamesh's fate is decided by Shamash, who attacks Huwuwa by sending his thirteen winds.

      So far I have liked this book. And I congratulate Gilgamesh for writing this epic tale (yes, he wrote his own Epic). I actually never thought that this ancient writing would be so interesting.