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In three pages this paper examines how the ways in which an individual handles situations of perceived injustice influences the conduct of that person’s life, affects those around him or her, and can have social consequences. References made to Tablet II of The Epic of Gilgamesh and an incident in Essie Mae’s life described in Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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past and the future. How an individual acts or reacts in this type of situation is a culmination of all life lessons at a particular moment in time.
All people are born with backbones, but taking decisive action regarding a perceived injustice strengthens these backbones to carry whatever weights there are to come. The history of literature
is filled with stories of men and women that have choices to make. Should a blind eye be turned to injustice, and if so, what will be the consequences?
The protagonists of the anonymously written Mesopotamian tablets collectively titled The Epic of Gilgamesh and Anne Moodys African American memoir The Coming of Age in Mississippi contains descriptions of
instances in which injustice is stared down. By the time Tablet II of The Epic of Gilgamesh was written, King Gilgamesh of Uruk had established quite a reputation for himself,
and none of it was regal. As some people born into wealth and social status are raised to believe, Gilgamesh maintained that the conventional rules of social morality did
not apply to him. Monarchs make the rules; they do not have to live by them. He would satisfy his voracious sexual appetites by raping young village girls
and claiming other mens wives as his own conquests on their wedding nights. Gilgameshs subjects were shocked and disgusted by their kings behavior, but felt powerless to intervene.
Enkidu, on the other hand, was part man and part beast. He did not live in a civilized society and therefore did not feel compelled to abide by its
rules. Joined by the concerned citizens of Uruk, Enkidu took action just as Gilgamesh was about to take the young wife Ishara on her first night of wedded bliss.
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