Source A: 21st Century prose fiction The Silent Land by Graham Joyce
An extract from the beginning of a novel written in 2010.
A student said, ‘In this part of the story, where Zoe and Jake are caught in the avalanche, I can’t believe Zoe is so slow to react to the warning signs because, in the end, the situation sounds really dangerous.’ To what extent do you agree? *

I don´t agree.

Explanation:

I think it´s impossible to understand Zoe´s mental process at the time since I haven´t been in such a situation. However, the story makes it clear that she didn´t realize the warnings before the avalanche, and that made her not react more quickly.

It´s stated that she felt snow slipping from underneath her, and she heard a rumble that could have been a sign. Even when she saw that Jake had stopped and later started to go towards her and warning her, she was still in disbelief. I guess that she could have been more prepared, as it´s expected that people are trained to be safe while skiing. But we can never presume how we´ll react in such a situation, and I can imagine that even with many signs of an avalanche coming, the idea of such a horrible thing happening must be hard to believe at first.

they both lost a woman they loved named lenore

they believed they interracted with a talking raven

they became orphaned at a young age.

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