Not the Way he Planned- Tablets X and XI

Man has not always been corrupted, evil, and sinful; man once was innocent and good. Gilgamesh is not good or innocent; he is evil, sinful, corrupted. He makes mistakes that cost him dearly. We are Gilgamesh. No man can say they are innocent, they are without flaw. We all sin; we are all corrupted by society. Once we were innocent as Enkidu in the wild, but now we are guilty. Even so we can do good things every once in a while, we can have good intentions, kind thoughts and actions. Gilgamesh could also do such things "Urshanabi, this plant is a plant against decay! By which a man can attain his survival. I will bring it to Uruk-Haven, and have an old man eat the plant” He names the plant “The old man is young again”. Before thinking of him he thinks of others, he was not corrupted at this moment, he was not selfish, he was good and he thought of the old man first. I believe man can once again become good, have kind thoughts and actions. We do not need to be always selfish. The sinful, evil way is easier than the good way; all we have to do is try just a little harder than we have been and we might achieve it. Everyone has the capacity to be good, some just lack the motivation and confidence. Gilgamesh achieved his goal, not the way he had planned it, but his strife was not in vain. He achieved his immortality in a way, he lives on today through the stone tablets he wrote, through his legacy, and his story he lives on. So to can we achieve our goals.