The Role Of Purpose In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

Imagine if people were given their purpose in life at birth. Their life path in life is set in stone and cannot be changed. It could be a positive and a negative thing. However, we live in a universe that allows people to make their own decisions, and set their own goals, finding their own path in life. College students are probably the one’s who have the most difficulty finding out what their “purpose” in life is. So do humans, in general, however once people graduate from college, they already have an idea what they want to do in life. As humans, we do face obstacles and mistakes; but we learn from those mistakes, which help them become the people they are.

Finding our path, or purpose in life may be a journey and although it might take

People come into our lives for a purpose; no matter how big or how small, they are in our lives for a reason. They tend to play an important role in our lives, without even realizing it. They can change our perspective on life and help us get on “another” path, for the best. For example, in the story of, The Epic of Gilgamesh, the main character, Gilgamesh, was a cruel person, and took advantage of the choices he had made and did not take others into consideration. Throughout the story, Gilgamesh loses Enkidu, a very close companion to him, and does not take the news well. Gilgamesh cannot believe that his friend is gone forever. While Gilgamesh was still mourning about Enkidu he reminisced on all of the things that they did together and said that, “He who stood by me as we ascended the mountain, seized and killed the bull that came down from heaven, felled humbaba who dwelt in the forest of cedars, killed lions at the mountain passes, my friend whom I so loved, who went with

For example, in the story of, Candide, the main character, Candide, meets and farmer and sees how simple a farmer’s life is, and how much hard work he puts into his farm. Candide was truly inspired by what he saw. He realized that we do not live in a perfect world and things that have a higher value do not bring happiness into our lives, because at the end of the day it is what you decide what makes you happy in life. Pangloss, Candide’s tutor, would sometimes tell Candide that, “All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds for, after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being kicked in the backside for love of Miss Cunegonde, if you had not been sent before the Inquisition, if you had not traveled across America on foot, if you had not given the good sword thrust to the baron, if you had not lost all your sheep from the good land of Eldorado, you would not be sitting here eating candied citron and pistachios”(Voltaire, 159). Pangloss was also a philosopher, and his beliefs were optimistic. He believed that the world we live in is “The best of all possible worlds” (Voltaire, 159). Candide agreed with Pangloss, and believed that they should start their own garden. Even though we might have some horrible difficulties and have to give up some things that are worth a lot of