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Unit 1: Reading Quiz 3 Submit Assignment Due Sep 5 by 11:59pm Points 100 Submitt

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Unit 1: Reading Quiz 3 Submit Assignment Due Sep 5 by 11:59pm Points 100 Submitting a text entry box Available Aug 20 at 9am- Sep 5 at 11:59pm 17 days Unit 1: Reading Quiz 3: Compare/contrast Gilgamesh and Job as heroes. Read the Epic of Gilgamesh Ihtp:llwww.aina.ora/booksleosleoa.pdn and the book of Job http://www.biblestudytools.com/job Compare and Contrast Gilgamesh and Job as heroes. Use the following guidelines to help you compose your answer -How are Gilgamesh and Job similar? - How are Gilgamesh and Job different? - What are each hero's strengths? - What are each hero's weaknesses? Which of the two do you think is the ultimate hero? - Good answers should be at least 250 words.

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The epic of Gilgamesh and the books of job are similar because they both share themes characters and settings. These two books differ because the book of job because it has a major themes that discusses where humans stand in the world. The epic of Gilgamesh and the book of job both have similar and different characters. They both have important gods although in the book of job there is only one God. In the book of job the only God is Yahweh. He is the all knowing and the creator of the universe. In the epic of Gilgamesh there are many Gods and Goddesses including the most mentioned one Ishtar. Ishtar is the Goddess of love ,fertility and war. job in the main character in the book of job equation God and he creates the plot by obeying and then disobeying God. The friend of job come to show sympathy for job and enkindu is the reason for the change of man in Gilgamesh. It is Ishtar in the beginning for killing Enkindu and then it is The Serpent for taking the plants away from Gilgamesh. both the epic of Gilgamesh and the book of job have friendship in common. In the epic of Gilgamesh, Enkindu and Gilgamesh Have a very strong and Unbreakable friendship. Gilgamesh turns away from the affection of goddess Ishtar for his platonic.

The epic of Gilgamesh tells us that suffering happens because of love. Gilgamesh suffered only because he loved Enkindu. After The Serpent killed Enkindu Gilgamesh suffered tremendously. This was an example mental suffering. Gilgamesh did not bring on Enkindu's death. It was his Desire for Enkindu to die, it just happened fighting The Serpent. He deeply mourned his brother's death. This drove him to find that special route to make him immortal.