What kind of king was Gilgamesh?

Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk, in The Epic of Gilgamesh.  Gilgamesh was a very arrogant man. He was Extremely Apathetic towards others. The only thing he was ever concerned about was himself and what pleasure and things he could get out of other people. Although Gilgamesh was considered a hero, his actions made him seem like a villain. Gilgamesh was so into himself he wasn’t into anyone else, meaning that he didn’t care what anybody else thought about anything. An example of his arrogance and villain-like qualities is he claimed the right in, the town Uruk, to be alone with any bride on her wedding night before the groom did, and the groom had no say in what Gilgamesh did with the women. Through the first two chapters, we learn that Gilgamesh is a heartless and selfish man. 

We can learn from Gilgamesh, not how to be like him but how to be the opposite of him. He was all about himself, and by reading the book we know that he was disliked by most people. He did have one friend named Enkidu, and maybe he had other friends that were not spoken of, but anyone that liked him probably liked him because of his wealth and power because he was a king. When kings are rich more people like them for their wealth rather than the actual person themselves. So, the biggest lesson we can learn from the first two chapters in this book is to care about others more than yourself, otherwise you most likely will be conceded and disliked. And the second lesson is never like someone just for their wealth, fame, power, etc. Like someone for who they are.