Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, by Russell Freedman.
Based on the concrete details in this excerpt, which
word best describes how the immigrants felt?
Men, women, and children were packed into dark,
foul-smelling compartments. They slept in narrow
bunks stacked three high. They had no showers, no
lounges, and no dining rooms. Food served from huge
kettles was dished into dinner pails provided by the
steamship company. Because steerage conditions
were crowded and uncomfortable, passengers spent
as much time as possible up on deck.
anxious
O awkward
O embarrassed
distressed

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gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job