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Examples Of Vanity In The Egyptian Pharaohs

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People are very different in what they are, and what they want. Those same differences pull humans together, proving that to the core, humans are not so distinct. People are driven to satiate the need to fit in, and due to this necessity, they assign values to those things that make you valuable in someone’s circle. Time and time again, society shows that they would go to great lengths to attain the value, regardless of cost. That pursuit is not a new thing, remnants from the past show that these customs live deeply ingrained in our way of thinking. The Egyptian pharaohs are a worthy example of vanity in ancient times, they lived gloriously during their lifetimes and even carried those riches into the afterlife in elaborate tombs. The most well-known of these tombs belong to Tutankhamun, whose tomb bearing a plethora …show more content…

Compelling as his anti-materialistic behavior, where he is unattached to all disposable possessions, this depicts the exception to the rule. This example is not in the same conversation as the examples concerning Madam Loisel or ancient luxury-heavy civilizations, as Iwegbu lives in an irregular kind of society. For instance, social pressure is out of the equation, and so are the comforts of a relaxed life. This happens because Johnathan Iwegbu lives in Survival Mode, which means his priorities consist of making it through the night with as much as he can protect. In the following fragment, this is reinforced “That monumental blessing must be accounted also totally inferior to the five heads in the family” (Achebe, 4). Meanwhile, this essay focuses on the behavior of people in standard societies, not their attitude towards a situation of despair. As a result, even though Iwegbu’s approach to life is noble, to say the least, he is not attacked by the same psychological demons that plague regular

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