The Gods, Exceptional Human, and Ordinary Human

The Relationship of Mankind to the Gods:  Consider the creation and death of Enkidu and Utnapishtim’s story of the flood (and the aftermath).  What do these episodes tell us about the relationship between the gods and human beings? How, if at all, do Exceptional human beings differ from ordinary ones in this regard? 

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These episodes tell us that the human is made by the gods. The gods are strong and can affect human's life. The Gods create world, and create human. The gods have eternal life, but the gods give us a birth and death, so human cannot live forever. Human can not do a big thing such as commit a flooding, but the Gods can.

Exceptional human is not completely human. For example Gilgamesh is one third human, two third god. He was born between a human and a goddess. Enkidu is one third human, two third animal. Enkidu was made by Anunu, the goddess. He was living in a jungle. The antelope and deer raised him. He was drinking water from waterholes. He could run faster than any animals. They are much stronger than ordinary human, because they have a muscles like rocks. Also, they are big and handsome.

Poem "Momma Said"

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Momma SaidBy Calvin Forbes

The slice I ate I want it back

Those crumbs I swept up

I’d like my share again

I can still taste it like it was

The memory by itself is delicious

Each bite was a small miracle

Both nourishing and sweet

I wish I had saved just a little bit

I know it wasn’t a literal cake

It’s the thought that counts

Like a gift that’s not store-bought

Making it even more special  

Like a dream that makes you

Want to go back to sleep

You can’t have your cake

And eat it too Momma said

I was defiant and hardheaded

And answered yes I can too

The look she gave me said boy

I hope you aren’t a fool all your life

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This poetry day is first time for me. I did not know what poem I should choose, so I was looking for something starts with "My". However I found this, "Momma Said". To be honest, I chose this, because it seems good to start posting poems. In this poem, there is a gluttonous boy who ate a snack. At first, I imagined a small cupcake put a lot of sugar. He loved the cupcake so much, and he wanted to eat it again. I can understand this feeling, when I was young, I wanted cotton candy all the time. I could not stop until I eat every cotton candy in my house. Even I ate everything in my house, it was not enough for me. And he was defiant and hardheaded. I can understand it, too. When someone said "don't", it made me want to do it, but of course not anymore. I had a lot of things that I can agree with this.

My Favorite Three Lines

The slice I ate I want it back

He ate a slice, but he want to eat it again, but he cannot. I think that it is  cute that he want to eat it again, because I feel young boy's pure heart.

Each bite was a small miracle

I think that he was still so young, such as 5 years old. He did not know so many things, so he felt the taste is miracle. He is so pure.

The look she gave me said boy

I hope you aren’t a fool all your life

I like this sentence the best, because it so funny that his mother hope that he isn't a fool all his life. He was still a child. I think most of children feel this way like him.