Friends under all circumstances

How many times in your life do you let your enemies seduce you with their words into doing wrong? When you least expect it and when you have all under control, you may need a true friend to make you see the danger behind a fake costume. As Huwawa did, many people try to confuse you with empty words, and are only interested in your utility. It is in these time when we need friends like Enkidu, even if we belief we are the strongest of all like Gilgamesh. And even when you are very strong and intelligent, it’s always good to have someone at your side in which you can count on in dangerous or difficult times. This is proved in the battle against Huwawa when both characters ran away in fear, each at his time, and was recovered by these words from the other: “Two people, companions, they can prevail together against the terror.”(p.26).

It is vital to be surrounded by good people, because the people who surround you not only influence, but decide who you are. And in dangerous times, there is nothing more valuable than someone in which you can count on and who will share your burden. But it’s also a great feeling to be able to share the acknowledgement of good deeds with the people who deserve them, and who have stood by you always, as the two companions did at the end of tablet four. “Enkidu steered the raft and Gilgamesh carried the head of Huwawa, the guardian of the forest.”(p.28). Both of them came back to Uruk as great heroes and friends, and Gilgamesh shared his glory with his good friend Enkidu, and probably felt much better than ever. And if this friendship plays an important role in the story, it may be because friendship has always played an important role in the development of people, ideas, and even civilizations.
So we might want to start considering people around us. We should start considering who our friends really are, so that we know who to call when we are in battle with the Huwawa of our lives. This tablets show us the value and true meaning of a friendship so that we can carry on friendships similar to this one, and hopefully, be a friend to the people around us like that Enkidu was to Gilgamesh. Choose your friends wisely and make sure they are who they say they are, because in time of need what good is one who says he is your friends but has no intention of risking anything for you? Do you have this kind of friends which you shall need? Or will you build up friendships with people who really deserve your qualities now, before you need a true friend to stand besides you?