Before the creation of Enkidu, Gilgamesh is a man without an equal match. ... Setting aside his great pride and power, Gilgamesh opens a place in his heart for his beloved brother, Enkidu. ... He learns a valuable lesson through his search for immortality. ... People want to live longer, healthier lives, but dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed, everything that lives will at sometime die. ...
At the time that Holden comes to visit before he leaves, Spencer presents himself poorly, with pills and medicine scattered about, wearing a rather revealing bathrobe and smelling like "Vicks Nose Drops". ... Despite this improper setting, Antolini gives truly shrewd advice. ... They gave it up before they ever really got started- and " The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."... A lesson to be learned from this novel is that perhaps we may never find our "wise old man figure". ...
