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Some of the similar things between Hebrew lit and The Epic of Gilgamesh are that they both had one hero. Also they both had flood and too save them sleeves from the flood they had built a boat. And wired as that was both stories had animals that they saved. In both of the stories the flood was created by heavy rain, which destroyed everything in both of the stories except for what was in the boat. Now some of the differences were that they both had different hero's one was Noah and other one was Utnapishtim. Also a differience is that Noah's story was directly from god and Gilgamesh's story was a dream. The Noah's flood story was 40 days and The Epic of Gilgamesh was only 6 days. The boat in Noah's story was rectangle and The Epic of Gilgamesh had a square boat.

This week I have read until page number 48. So what happens in these two chapters is that Lockwood falls asleep and enters into a pair of nightmares.Then he attempts to break off the branch by forcing his hand through the window glass. But instead of a branch, he finds a ghostly hand, which seizes his own, and a voice, sobbing the name Catherine Linton, demands to be let in. To free himself, Lockwood rubs the ghost’s wrist on the broken glass until blood covers the bed sheets. The ghost releases him, and Lockwood tries to cover the hole in the window with a pile of books. But the books begin to fall, and he cries out in terror. Heathcliff rushes into the room, and Lockwood cries out that the room is haunted. Heathcliff curses him, but, as Lockwood flees from the room, Heathcliff cries out to Catherine, begging her to return. There are no signs that the ghost was ever at the window. He later escorts Lockwood home, where the servants, who believed their master dead in the storm, receive him with joy. Lockwood, however, retreats into his study to escape human company. Lockwood now becomes lonely, and When his housekeeper, Nelly Dean, brings him his supper, he begs her to sit and tell him the history of the people at Wuthering Heights. Then in chapter five Mr. Earnshaw grows frail and weak. Annoyed by the conflict between Heathcliff and Hindley, he sends Hindley away to college. Then Joseph’s mad religious beliefs appealed to Mr. Earnshaw as he gets closer to death. Soon, however, Mr. Earnshaw dies, and it is now Catherine and Heathcliff who turn
to religion for comfort. They discuss the idea of heaven while awaiting the return of Hindley, who
will now be master of Wuthering Heights. Will see what happens next time I'm so excited I love this book. :)