One of the questions I had from the Tablets before was: will Enkidu die? Well this question was answered at the beginning of Tablet VIII, he did surrender and died. This was a very sad moment for Gilgamesh he has no companion now. To honor him and to show people how much Enkidu had helped him he made statues and made offerings, he made most of this because he felt alone, he had become very dependent on Enkidu, and he is now going to start confronting the consequences.
Gilgamesh decides to go to a mountain everyone's scared of, he wants to take this challenge and be able to talk with the god. As he starts walking alone in darkness, he feels that he needs someone to help encourage him and never let him down. He realizes how important it really is to have companions that are willing to help you any moment. He still tries very hard to keep on and make his goal of talking with the god, but has a very difficult time. It is very important to feel confident of yourself, but you should also have a friend/companion that will always help you. If that person is not with you, you might feel you're not complete you are still missing a part of you that you need to keep up with your life.
Some questions I had at the end of these Tablets were: what was it actually that Gilgamesh found? What will he talk about with the gods? How long will he be there?
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