Response to Hero Figures (Post #1)

October 17th, 2016




Gilgamesh and I have something in common. When faced with harsh reality's we retreat into our bubble's of comfort. In light of the death of Enkidu and the realization of his own mortality, these realities commanded attention and minuscule distractions couldn't divert his attention long enough and he had to eventually accept that the future is unperdictable and he will eventually die. Though I didn't have a battle with my mortality and the death of a friend, I did have an experience with loss. In the middle of my freshman year, I was told that we would be moving away to Maryland because of my parent's job. I had planned on finishing high school in New York and experiencing the milestones of growing up with my closest friends, now I'd have to do this alone in an unfamiliar place. Instead of accepting the situation I distracted myself. I found myself continuing on with life as if this massive change in a few short months wasn't going to happen. I refused to accept that I was leaving and when the day came, I couldn't believe it, I was distaught and inconsolable. I had remained in the comfort of the past that I was blinded by the future. Gilgamesh and I needed to have a monumental experience of change to realize the unperdictablity of the future. Thankfully, I experience this realization now because it has helped me get a firm understanding of how many things in our life are out of our control and how to be acceptant of certain circumstances.