Growing up, I only knew one type of hero, and that type was the fictional kind along with superheroes, but my mentality changed as I got older and more wiser and now I maintain that a hero is someone or something that changes in a good way, which helps him make a decision in the process of an action or deed. From there, I say that Gilgamesh and Enkidu fit my own personal idea of ​​the hero. Although Gilgamesh and Enkidu are practically equals, they are heroes in their own way, evolving throughout the epic. The reasons supporting this are that, I think Enkidu fits my personal idea of ​​a hero because he helped Gilgamesh in his time of need when he was against ideas in the first place, like confronting Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven sent by Ishtar. On the other hand, even though he didn't accomplish great deeds, I still believe that Gilgamesh fits my personal idea of ​​a hero because he goes on a journey to eternal life but only to change to become a new person, which in my book means he becomes a hero. So for Enkidu, he fits my personal idea of ​​a hero because of two cases. For example, he and Gilgamesh fought Humbaba. Enkidu was against the idea of ​​fighting Humbaba because he was considered a very scary and powerful being. This is shown by the images that Enkidu says which represent the power of Humbaba such as: "His sound is like the noise of a flood", meaning that things in his path tremble in his wake and "... "fire springs from his mouth", meaning that he is not a human but a strong creature. Even with this in mind, Enkidu still decides to stay with Gilgamesh and work with him to kill Humbaba. By doing so, Enkidu could have prevented Gilgamesh from dying alone against Humbaba. The other case is when Enkidu decides to kill the...... middle of paper ...... "He looked at the walls, in awe of the heights his people had reached And for a moment -- just a moment -- Everything that was next to him disappeared from sight This stanza shows that Gilgamesh was no longer the person he was before At first, he didn't even care about what his subject had. created, but from this journey he changed in a way that can be seen as that of a hero. To conclude, for me, Enkidu and Gilgamesh are heroes, not because they achieved their. goal to kill two of God/Goddess's servants, but because they both changed in a good way, which benefited others or even themselves Enkidu went from a wild, uncivilized man. a friend to help Enkidu, while Gilgamesh changed to eventually become a ruler capable of appreciating all that he has and had instead of what he did not have. Both fit my personal idea of ​​a hero.