“Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person’s life its true meaning,” as Paulo Coelho once said. Without death, what do we as humans live for? Why would we have any motivation if we knew we would live forever? Death is considered a sad thing that as people, we all mourn, although we all forget that death gives meaning to life. Gilgamesh’s epic quest was to find immortality after his companion, Enkidu’s death. He was fearful of death and because of that, he went on a long, epic quest to search for immortality. Although he did not find what he was searching for, he had to accept his fate and realize that he is only a mortal. Death gives us motivation in life, a reason to go on and find what makes us happy, and forces us to accept what we cannot change. …show more content…
We, as mortals, strive for greatness to give us a purpose in our lives. As we know our days are not promised to us. If we did not die, we would have no reason to strive for greatness. Death always makes one feel as if they have unfinished business, therefore, giving us the reason to rush through life to finish it before we pass. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the death of Gilgamesh’s companion, Enkidu, motivates him to venture into the world. If it were not for Enkidu’s death, Gilgamesh would not have realized his own mortality. The concept of death is a driving force behind people's decisions on how to live each moment in their