Answer:
Grandma Gatewood's journey was her enthusiastic journey which she took to walk the Appalachian Trail whereas Gilgamesh's journey was a quest, his search for immortal life.
Explanation:
'Grandma Gatewood's Walk' by Ben Montgomery is an inspiring story of Emma Gatewood, who at the age of 67 years took the decision to walk the Appalachian Trail. Her journey is an inspiring one, contradicting the fact that even at such an elderly age, if one truly desires to do something can do. Her enthusiasm of walking the Appalachian Trail and her achievement speaks that if one decides to do something, then one can truly do.
So, one can perceive that Grandma Gatewood's journey is filled with enthusiasm to walk the Appalachian Trail. Textual evidence:
'She packed her things in late spring, when her flowers were in full bloom, and left Gallia County, Ohio, the only place she’d ever really called home.
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'She had not been able to get the trail out of her mind. She had
thought of it constantly back home in Ohio,...'
Whereas, the journey that Gilgamesh took after the death of his beloved friend Enkidu, was more likely a quest. After Enkidu's death, Gilgamesh set forth on his quest for an immortal life. He became afraid of death after Enkidu's death and decided to ask an immortal man how to live forever.
Textual evidence:
'...If only
I could find the one man whom the gods made immortal,
I would ask him how to overcome death."
'So Gilgamesh roamed, his heart full of anguish,
wandering, always eastward, in search
of Utnapishtim, whom the gods made immortal.'
These lines suggests that Gilgamesh set on a journey of quest for an immortal life.
