Response to Question #1

Gilgamesh and I both exhibit a variety of heroic qualities, but our strengths have been highlighted in very different contexts. To be more specific, Gilgamesh's storyline took place thousands of years ago, while mine takes place in the present day. However, even though both Gilgamesh and I both exhibit heroic traits, we both had to work to overcome many of our weaknesses. Although, I have not witnessed the death of one of my closest friends like Gilgamesh did with the death of Enkidu, I still have had many difficult ordeals that I have had to face. One person who has greatly helped me in overcoming these challenges is my mother.  One of the hardest challenges for me to overcome was to not get stressed over large amounts of work. Without my mother, I probably would struggle even with completing this blogpost, in addition to my other schoolwork. Thankfully, my mother told me some strategies that had worked for her in dealing with work-related stress; these included only focusing on what is truly necessary to complete and is due the soonest, while still not procrastinating and waiting until the last minute to complete my assignments. Fortunately, these two strategies ended up working for me, and now I am able to complete large amounts of work without getting too stressed out, just like Gilgamesh was able to become a stronger person as a result of Enkidu's influence on his life.