Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop,

he poured out flour as an offering and said,

"Mountain, bring me a favorable dream."

Enkidu did the ritual for dreams,

praying for a sign. A gust of wind

passed.

This excerpt is repeated several times. What effect does this repetition have on the epic?

It shows that Gilgamesh is a courageous hero who seeks adventure.

It shows that Gilgamesh's journey is both very long and very difficult.

It shows that the landscape Gilgamesh is traveling is distant and vast.

It shows that the supernatural are leading Gilgamesh during his quest.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

because they were not just any seashells they were sally's seashells