Escaping From Reality

While reading these tablets in Gilgamesh I had always a question in my mind. Is Gilgamesh leaving the city of Uruk because he is scared to face his own death, or is he leaving because he is sad due to the death of Enkidu and can´t deal with it in a good way? What made me think of this question was this part of the book: ¨ Enkidu has died. Must I die too? Must Gilgamesh be like that?¨ On page 48 on Tablet IX.  

Also I made I connection with my life. Here it seems that Gilgamesh is feeling exhausted and has no one, when he really needs a companion since Enkidu is gone. Now Gilgamesh feels weak and I can see that he has changed. He isn't the feared Demigod as he used to be, now he is deteriorating from the inside and out. I can really notice that a person, even if he is in your life for a short time, can really change you. For example, I have a cousin that is really tough and isn't scared of anything, even though she doesn't live here every time I see her, I realize that I shouldn't live life being scared of new things; like Gilgamesh he shouldn't change the way he is for something that has passed.