Tablets IV and V: So different but yet alike

It’s amazing how these two characters are so alike but different at the same time. While Gilgamesh is a tyrant Enkidu is compassionate and considerate. What I saw most in this tablet is the ignorance of Gilgamesh not being able to reason his dreams, this is were Enkidu has to come in and tell him the meaning of these dreams, their for I consider him to be so wise. You see the optimism that Enkidu has when he tells the dreams and Gilgamesh’s pessimism when he doesn't get the meaning. “There were other dreams that disturbed the sleep of the king night after night as the journeyed to the forest and Enkidu always said they were fortunate” pg 26

I think that this story is very alike to the Leavers and Takers in Ishmael by Daniel Quinn but in this case the taker is Gilgamesh and the Leaver Enkidu. What I seen from the book is that like in the case of Ishmael the Leaver (Enkidu) has a much better culture and beliefs’ than the Takers (Gilgamesh) have. The Takers and Gilgamesh are tyrants’ with the people and all that is around them; while the Leavers like Enkidu really live out of the gods they don’t say what their going to do the gods tell them what to do.