The manifestation of science itself as a disciple over the centuries and its clear fascination with the purpose of life and the way we have become and especially with the concept of immortality are strong resonances of the Gilgamesh's struggles with life and death. This leads to the belief that Gilgamesh may indirectly be one of the causes of his creation. As Gilgamesh travels on his journey, one can see his linear development. This is how characters are developed in the plot of a Western text, so the improvement has a purpose, the development stops when the goal is achieved whereas in an Eastern text it would be a cyclical development, and therefore the improvement is a Endless journey that has no limit. Gilgamesh itself and the entire epic is essentially about the idea of ​​finding yourself and trying to overcome the realities of death, aging, and life. Because Western epics are written with a linear methodology of problem, struggle, achievement, a change of some kind, and the glory of that hero idea in mind. When Gilgamesh is distraught over Enkidu's death, he promises that if he fails to see Utnapishtim he will "wander the wilderness in [his] grief," this is ultimately how the people of the West behave when faced with a situation which is inferior to that of Enkidu. pleasant and too morbid to handle in the moment of pain.