Egyptians and New Life
“The Story of Sinuhe” is about an Egyptian man named Sinuhe, who is the queen’s secretary. In ancient times, castration was required in order for men to enter the royal palace and to serve the royalty. At the end of the story, the story revealed that Sinuhe was not castrated because he has children. This showed that the king really trusted Sinuhe because all servants needed to be castrated except him. Throughout the story, the author stressed the idea that loyalty is essential because people were expected to be loyal to their own country and want to stay there until their death. Thus, nationalism plays a huge role in Egypt. After facing many hardships, Sinuhe was forced to leave his home country, Egypt. Therefore, he lived a new life at another country for many years as an immigrant. However, he returned to Egypt after many years and this shows his loyalty to his home country. “The Story of Sinuhe” emphasized the theme national propaganda and revealed to the audience the lifestyles of modern immigrants. National propaganda is a main theme shown in the story of Sinuhe. The story of Sinuhe promoted the idea that every man and woman who were born in Egypt should love their country regardless of what troubles they may experience in it. An emphasis was placed on the notion that people should feel an emotional connection to their country, one so strong that they’d gladly live the duration of their lives showing their loyalty to their country by being born, living and dying there. Sinuhe definitely demonstrated his pride to be an Egyptian, despite his dealing with adversity by running away to another country. Here, support of nationalism (beyond just association with the name and land itself) is illustrated once again. Eventually, Sinuhe returned to Egypt to die because Egypt is his homeland. This is one of many special qualities that mattered to an Egyptian, which is coming back to their homeland to die. Most Egyptians built their own tombs and pyramids