want wrinkle-free skin in there 50's. People want to play sports in there 60's and 70's. At the same time, people are striving to live over a century. Gilg! ! amesh approaches this cause with a less scientific approach by seeking out the god Utnapishtim and asking for immortality. He is told that he needs to get a piece of the plant of everlasting life. He ends up failing and Gilgamesh is forced to face death. Death will always be a given in a human society, but the way we perceive it will determine our maturity. This book clearly portrays themes that are consistently relevant throughout history and today. Humans rarely change in their nature, and therefore some aspects of humanity will never be absent. Humans will always fear death because it will always remain an unknown because the dead can not relate their observations. And people will always fear the unknown because of possible harm. Men and women will also always deem themselves as superior over nature because humans are superior in the sense that they can exterminate any living being. Humans will always strive for more because there is a true social Darwinism, survival of the fittest. In order for people to live, they must always be above the line of absolute poverty. In the human perspective, the greater the amount of money you have, the farther you have "to drop" to get below the poverty level. It is basically a bigger buffer zone in terms of economic status. Therefore, in a human society, there will always are certain inalienable aspects of humanity. The Epic of Gilgamesh fulfills the requirements of an epic by being consistently relevant to a human society and by carrying immortal themes and messages. Epics will always be present because there are certain themes about humanity that cannot be denied. In this era, it is easy to say that the world is rapidly changin...
