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It's always good to believe in something, to have something to hold on to. However, just because it's good to have beliefs, does not mean that you want them to be true.
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett can be read as a standalone, as the characters and the setting are largely unconnected with the rest of the Discworld universe.
The book follows Teppic, a prince from the small Old Kingdom which lies in the middle of a desert and has a lot of, you guessed it, pyramids. Upon his graduation from the Assassin school, he gets the news of his father's passing and decides to come home, where he takes the throne and becomes king. However, being a king is not as all-powerful as he initially thought, as he has to follow the rules and tradition strictly enforced by high priest Dios. The tug of war of power shows in almost every decision that a king has to make, including the construction of a pyramid for Teppic's late father.
At its heart, Pyramids satirizes the role of beliefs and tradition in society, as well as how these leftovers from the past came to be. People in the Old Kingdom prides their 7,000 years of history, and yet, by dwelling on the past, they refuse to move on until the present catches up with them.
One passage sums up this conservationism really well: "He’d wanted changes. It was just that he’d wanted things to stay the same, as well."
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett can be read as a standalone, as the characters and the setting are largely unconnected with the rest of the Discworld universe.
The book follows Teppic, a prince from the small Old Kingdom which lies in the middle of a desert and has a lot of, you guessed it, pyramids. Upon his graduation from the Assassin school, he gets the news of his father's passing and decides to come home, where he takes the throne and becomes king. However, being a king is not as all-powerful as he initially thought, as he has to follow the rules and tradition strictly enforced by high priest Dios. The tug of war of power shows in almost every decision that a king has to make, including the construction of a pyramid for Teppic's late father.
At its heart, Pyramids satirizes the role of beliefs and tradition in society, as well as how these leftovers from the past came to be. People in the Old Kingdom prides their 7,000 years of history, and yet, by dwelling on the past, they refuse to move on until the present catches up with them.
One passage sums up this conservationism really well: "He’d wanted changes. It was just that he’d wanted things to stay the same, as well."