The End Has Come

When I began to read Table XII of Gilgamesh, I knew that the end was approaching. As I began reading, I kind of got confused by the fact the Enkidu was in the Tablet because I thought that he wasn't going to come back. But then as I kept reading, I realized that this Tablet has a very important thing, death. When Enkidu went to the hole to Nether World in order to get Giglamesh's drumsticks, Gilgamesh told him to go as a humble person, but Enkidu didn't listen to him. And because he didn't listen to his advice, he was trapped by the spritis in Nether World. Gilgamesh grieved his death, and begged to the God Ea to help Endiku. "The hole in the floor of the Upper World was open. The spirit of Enkidu, a puff of breath came forth from the Nether World into the Upper."-pg. 90
When Enkidu and Gilgamesh got together, Gilgamesh was very happy to see his companion. But also, he was very curious oof knowing how things were in Nether World, where the spirits of the dead went. As Gilgamesh asked Enkidu questions on page 91 and 92 about how people lived in Nether World, Enkidu's answers surprised me:
" 'Have you seen down there the man that has no sons?'
'I have seen the sonless man in the Nether World.'
'How is the man that has three sons?'
'He drinks from the waterskin his sons has brought.'
'How is with the man that has five sons?'
'They treat him in the Nether World as if he were a scribe of the court, dispenser of justice.'
'The one who goes the the Nether World without leaving behind any to mourn for him?'
'Garbage is what he eats in the Nether World. No dog would eat the food he has to eat?' "-pgs. 91 & 92
This las question got me thinking. I thought about family and its importance. Because in Nether World, those who have more family, those who have people who love them, when they die, they live better because in their lives, there were people who love them. And I thought that after Gilgamesh heard this, he thought of himself. He thought that when he was going to die he was going to end up like the man who goes to Nether World without anyone to mourn for him. He realized that he didn't had anyone that had loved him. He didn't had anyone that will mourn for him when he die.