I I will write down what I started talking about and I need you to continue writing it and make it simple and easy. Also, if you want any materials about this topic I will share it with you down ,This is the written portion of the exam. Even though you may feel that you have preformed well on the exam, you should submit an response to this question. You will receive some feedback about your writing which is vital. Remember students do not usually receive the maximum points for this assignment, for, as we discussed in class, no one in class has had an instructor who has ever discussed the priorities and rhetorical devices which we discussed in class; therefore, do not assume that because someone praised your writing that you should receive high marks for your work. Everyone in our class can learn how to produce better writing. By the last short answer, you should see some improvement.

In a minimum of 250 words, you may one of the following choices: pick one quote and identify the source for the quote, i.e. the title under which it appears, or you may pick an image for the choices below the prompt.

1. create a compelling opening,
2. state a theme which we have discussed in class and which you believe is present in the quote or the work of art.
3. Define your theme for your audience.
4. Finally, try to relate it to our lives and be specific.

Methods for improving your answer

If you want to gain credibility with your reader, you will cite another part of that same text. For instance, if you picked Allegory of the Cave, then cite another part of that text which you feel speaks to your reading. Your reading is the subtext. How does this quote relate to rest of that text and/or the period in which it was written? For instance, do you see any connection between the quote and the art we have discussed in class?

These are 3 separate quotes. Again, pick one to discuss or one image.

Artwork Choice

You may, moreover, chose to explain the image of a work of art that we have discussed in class. Identify the work. Then give me three artistic elements which we have discussed in class which will help someone who has never seen that work understand. Then explain how that work resonates with you. You could describe the artisanship which you perceive in that work. The images are at the bottom

Themes

We have discussed, for instance, the idea of enlightenment and ignorance; we discussed absolute truth or a pluralism of ideas. How does the author or myth which you picked discuss that theme? We have also discussed the concept of heroism. Is or are the figure(s) heroic in the quote which you picked? If so, how do you define heroism or friendship or our duty to our country? Just address one quote and one theme. You may address one of these concepts or address some other idea which you see in your quote; nevertheless, stay focused on one theme.

Quote 1: he listened to his words and wept quick tears, [he] listened and his tears flowed. He opened his mouth and spoke to Enkidu: Who is there in strong-walled Uruk who has wisdom like this? Strange things have been spoken, why does your heart speak strangely? The dream was marvellous but the terror was great; we must treasure the dream whatever the terror; for the dream has shown that misery comes at last to the healthy man, the end of life is sorrow.’ And [he] lamented, Now I will pray to the great gods, for my friend had an ominous dream.

Quote 2: But these problems, however urgent, should not cause us to neglect Deweys insight that learning in the process of living is the deepest form of freedom. In a nation that aspires to democracy, thats what education is primarily for: the cultivation of freedom within society. We should not think of schools as garrisons protecting us from enemies, nor as industries generating human capital. Rather, higher educations highest purpose is to give all citizens the opportunity to find large and human significance in their lives and work.

Quote 3: Peter Singer of Princeton University has pioneered the public discussion of our moral obligations to animals, including those we raise to eat. Singer wrote a landmark book in 1975,Animal Liberation , and cites utilitarian reasoning to argue that it’s wrong to inflict cruelty on cows, hogs or chickens just so that we can enjoy a tasty lunch..

Quote 4: Better to be the poor servant of a poor master, and to endure anything, rather than think as they do and live after their manner? Yes, he said, I think that he would rather suffer anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner.. i have written , Even though we discussed many art topics, I chose Gilgamesh Which is interesting.

Gilgamesh

THE SEARCH FOR EVERLASTING LIFE

BITTERLY Gilgamesh wept for his friend Enkidu; he wandered over the wilderness as a hunter, he roamed over the plains; in his bitterness he cried, How can I rest, how can I be at peace? Despair is in my heart. What my brother is now, that shall I be when I am dead. Because I am afraid of death I will go as best I can to find Utnapishtim whom they call the Faraway, for he has entered the assembly of the gods.’ So Gilgamesh travelled over the wilderness, he wandered over the grasslands, a long journey, in search of Utnapishtim, whom the gods took after the deluge; and they set him to live in the land of Dilmun, in the garden of the sun; and to him alone of men they gave everlasting life.

At night when he came to the mountain passes Gilgamesh prayed: In these mountain passes long ago I saw lions, I was afraid and I lifted my eyes to the moon; I prayed and my prayers went up to the gods, so now, O moon god Sin, protect me.’ When he had prayed he lay down to sleep, until he was woken from out of a dream. He saw the lions round him glorying in life; then he took his axe in his hand, he drew his sword from his belt, and he fell upon them like an arrow from the string, and struck and destroyed and scattered them.

So at length Gilgamesh came to Mashu, the great mountains about which he had heard many things, which guard the rising and the setting sun. Its twin peaks are as high as the wall of heaven and its paps reach down to the underworld. At its gate the Scorpions stand guard, half man and half dragon; their glory is terrifying, their stare strikes death into men, their shimmering halo sweeps the mountains that guard the rising sun. When Gilgamesh saw them he shielded his eyes for the length of a moment only; then he took courage and approached. When they saw him so undismayed the Man-Scorpion called to his mate, This one who comes to us now is flesh of the gods.’ The mate of the Man-Scorpion answered, Two thirds is god but one third is man.’

Then he called to the man Gilgamesh, he called to the child of the gods: Why have you come so great a journey; for what have you travelled so far, crossing the dangerous waters; tell me the reason for your coming?’ Gilgamesh answered, For Enkidu; I loved him dearly, together we endured all kinds of hardships; on his account I have come, for the common lot of man has taken him. I have wept for him day and night, I would not give up his body for burial, I thought my friend would come back because of my weeping. Since he went, my life is nothing; that is why I have travelled here in search of Utnapishtim my father; for men say he has entered the assembly of the gods, and has found everlasting life: I have a desire to question him, concerning the living and the dead.’ The Man-Scorpion opened his mouth and said, speaking to Gilgamesh, No man born of woman has done what you have asked, no mortal man has gone into the mountain; the length of it is twelve leagues of darkness; in it there is no light, but the heart is oppressed with darkness. From the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun there is no light.’ Gilgamesh said, Although I should go in sorrow and in pain, with sighing and with weeping, still I must go. Open the gate ‘ of the mountain:’ And the Man-Scorpion said, Go, Gilgamesh, I permit you to pass through the mountain of Mashu and through the high ranges; may your feet carry you safely home. The gate of the mountain is open.’

When Gilgamesh heard this he did as the Man-Scorpion had said, he followed the sun’s road to his rising, through the mountain. When he had gone one league the darkness became thick around him, for there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. After two leagues the darkness was thick and there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him.After three leagues the darkness was thick,and there was now light,he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. After four leagues the darkness was thick and there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. At the end of five leagues the darkness was thick and there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. At the end of six leagues the darkness was thick and there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. When he had gone seven leagues the darkness was thick and there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. When he had gene eight leagues Gilgamesh gave a great cry, for the darkness was thick and he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. After nine leagues he felt the north- wind on his face, but the darkness was thick and there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. After ten leagues the end was near: After eleven leagues the dawn light appeared. At the end of twelve leagues the sun streamed out.

There was the garden of the gods; all round him stood bushes bearing gems. Seeing it he went down at once, for there was fruit of carnelian with the vine hanging from it, beautiful to look at; lapis lazuli leaves hung thick with fruit, sweet to see. For thorns and thistles there were haematite and rare stones, agate, and pearls from out of the sea. While Gilgamesh walked in the garden by the edge of the sea Shamash saw him, and he saw that he was dressed in the skins of animals and ate their flesh. He was distressed, and he spoke and said, No mortal man has gone this way before, nor will, as long as the winds drive over the sea.’ And to Gilgamesh he said, You will never find the life for which you are searching.’ Gilgamesh said to glorious Shamash, Now that I have toiled and strayed so far over the wilderness, am I to sleep, and let the earth cover my head for ever? Let my eyes see the sun until they are dazzled with looking. Although I am no better than a dead man, still let me see the light of the sun.’

Beside the sea she lives, the woman of the vine, the maker, of wine; Siduri sits in the garden at the edge of the sea, with the golden bowl and the golden vats that the gods gave her. She is covered with a veil; and where she sits she sees Gilgamesh coming towards her, wearing skins, the flesh of the gods in his body, but despair in his heart, and his face like the face of one who has made a long journey. She looked, and as she scanned the distance she said in her own heart, Surely this is some felon; where is he going now? And she barred her gate against him with the cross-bar and shot home the bolt. But Gilgamesh, hearing the sound of the bolt, threw up his head and lodged his foot in the gate; he called to her, Young woman, maker of wine, why do you bolt your door; what did you see that made you bar your gate? I will break in your door and burst in your gate, for I am Gilgamesh who seized and killed the Bull of Heaven, I killed the watchman of the cedar forest, I overthrew Humbaba who lived in the forest, and I killed the lions in the passes of the mountain.6

THE STORY OF THE FLOOD

You know the city Shurrupak, it stands on the banks of Euphrates? That city grew old and the gods that were in it were old. There was Anu,-lord of the firmament, their father, and warrior Enlil their counsellor, Ninurta the helper, and Ennugi watcher over canals; and with them also was Ea. In those days the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull, and the great god was aroused by the clamour. Enlil heard the clamour and he said to the gods in council, “The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel.” So the gods agreed to exterminate mankind. Enlil did this, but Ea because of his oath warned me in a dream. He whispered their words to my house of reeds, “Reed-house, reed-house! Wall, O wall, hearken reed-house, wall reflect; O man of Shurrupak, son of Ubara-Tutu; tear down your house and build a boat, abandon possessions and look for life, despise worldly goods and save your soul alive. Tear down your house, I say, and build a boat. These are the measurements of the barque as you shall build her: let hex beam equal her length, let her deck be roofed like the vault that covers the abyss; then take up into the boat the seed of all living creatures.”

When I had understood I said to my lord, “Behold, what you have commanded I will honour and perform, but how shall I answer the people, the city, the elders?” Then Ea opened his mouth and said to me, his servant, “Tell them this: I have learnt that Enlil is wrathful against me, I dare no longer walk in his land nor live in his city; I will go down to the Gulf to dwell with Ea my lord. But on you he will rain down abundance, rare fish and shy wild-fowl, a rich harvest-tide. In the evening the rider of the storm will bring you wheat in torrents.”

Then was the launching full of difficulty; there was shifting of ballast above and below till two thirds was submerged. I loaded into her all that 1 had of gold and of living things, my family, my kin, the beast of the field both wild and tame, and all the craftsmen. I sent them on board, for the time that Shamash had ordained was already fulfilled when he said, “in the evening, when the rider of the storm sends down the destroying rain, enter the boat and batten her down.” The time was fulfilled, the evening came, the rider of the storm sent down the rain. I looked out at the weather and it was terrible, so I too boarded the boat and battened her down. All was now complete, the battening and the caulking; so I handed the tiller to Puzur-Amurri the steersman, with the navigation and the care of the whole boat.

“For six days and six nights the winds blew, torrent and tempest and flood overwhelmed the world, tempest and flood raged together like warring hosts. When the seventh day dawned the storm from the south subsided, the sea grew calm, the, flood was stilled;

UTNAPISHTIM said, As for you, Gilgamesh, who will assemble the gods for your sake, so that you may find that life for which you are searching? But if you wish, come and put into the test: only prevail against sleep for six days and seven nights.’ But while Gilgamesh sat there resting on his haunches, a mist of sleep like soft wool teased from the fleece drifted over him, and Utnapishtim said to his wife, Look at him now, the strong man who would have everlasting life, even now the mists of sleep are drifting over him.’ His wife replied, Touch the man to wake him, so that he may return to his own land in peace, going back through the gate by which he came.’ Utnapishtim said to his wife, All men are deceivers, even you he will attempt to deceive; therefore bake loaves of bread, each day one loaf, and put it beside his head; and make a mark on the wall to number the days he has slept.’

Plant of Immortality

Then Utnapishtim said to Gilgamesh:”A secret of the gods I will disclose. There is a plant that grows under the waters, thorny to seize, as a rose is thorny to seize. How-the-Old-Man-Once-Again-Becomes-a-Young-Man is the name of the plant that grows under the waters. Descend into the waters and seize the plant.” So Gilgamesh tied heavy stone weights to his feet to bring him down through the waters of the abyss to the place where he could find the magic plant. He seized the thorny plant that cut his hands; he cut the stone weights loose from his heavy feet; and the waters cast him up upon the shore.

Gilgamesh said to Urshnabi the boatman: “Urshnabi, this plant is a wonderful plant. New life may be obtained by means of it. I will carry the thorny plant back to my city. I will give some of the plant to the elders there, to share among them, telling them it is called How-the-Old-Man-Once-Again-Becomes-a-Young-Man. And I will take my share of the magic plant, once more to become the one who is youngest and strongest.”

At twenty leagues they stopped only to eat; at thirty leagues they stopped to rest for the night. Gilgamesh found a spring, a pool of pure water. He entered the water, to refresh himself. In the reeds nearby a serpent of the place became aware of the fragrance of the plant, breathed its perfume, desired it, and approached, and stole away with it among the reeds. As it disappeared the serpent shed its skin. When Gilgamesh found out what the serpent had done he sat down weeping by the pool of water. He took Urshnabi by the hand and said: “What shall I do? The journey has gone for nothing. For whom has my heart’s blood been spent? For whom? For the serpent who has taken away the plant. I descended into the waters to find the plant and what I found was a sign telling me to abandon the journey and what it was I sought for.”