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DuneThis book all started with the family Atreides landing on plant Arrakis,normally k straightn as Dune. The planet Dune was the centre of the universe due toits immense amounts of spice. This spice is greatly needed for all planets asfuel and for huffy materials. The family Atreides were asked by Emperor himselfto go and mine the spice on the planet. Their greatest enemy the Harkonnens,were also on Dune. These two families mining the precious spice on the sameplant would lead to great troubles and wars.Soon after that, I was introduced to a very brave and insightful youngman. The young man is capital of Minnesota Atreides. Paul is medium height with short, blackhair. His mother Jessica is a Bene Gesserit that message she knows the weirdingway. This means Jessica is trained to kill and is also trained as a mastermindreader. She is very tall and beautiful and is always concerned with the actionsof Paul, the future ruler of the galaxy.Jessicas teacher, the Reverend Mother heard of Paul and thought that hemight be the great leader that the prophets told of. The Reverend Mother cameto Dune and tested Paul to see if this was so. Paul underwent great pain andsuffering but passed the tests with the highest reverence. Duke Leto, Paulsfather now came into the picture. He was the leader of the Atreides Family. Heseemed very established and perceptive. The Atreides family represent goodand honesty while their enemies, the Harkonnens, were ruthless killers.The Harkonnen home planet, Gedi Prime was very desolate and dark. Itrepresented the immorality and darkness within the Harkonnens. Their leaderBaron Vladimir Harkonnen was very obese and inhuman. He killed his own slavesfor fun and hated the Atreides with a passion. He hated their peace-loving andhonest ways. Most of all he despised their coming to Dune. This Harkonnenleader appeared the typical tyrant leader. Vladimir Harkonnens most trustedsolider Feyd-Rautha was also like him except his animal(prenominal) appe arance was that ofideal shape and form.Back at the Atreides base more characters are introduced to me. Theyare Duncan Idaho who was the personal trainer for Paul Atreides, Dr. Yeuh whowas a good superstar of the Duke and later was found out to be a traitor, andThufir... ... understand the characters and their emotions with morecomprehension. There were many themes in Dune such as you shall get yourjust deserves. This means that what you have done to others shall be doneback to you in full. The Harkonnens army combined with the Emperors attackedand beat the Atreides. Paul in turn strikes back with brute tear that manyhave not seen throughout their existence. The Harkonnens and the Emperor wereannihilated and Pauls vengeance was paid. I must say that this science fictionbook did create a sense of reality meaning that this situation could happen inthe future. A boy or girl born in the future who is destined to be the almightyruler. He/she will guide us out of depression and into a n ew era of peace andprosperity. Their may be truth to this tier and one day a fight between goodand evil may come to reality.Dune is the typical Good guys vs. Bad guys theme. The Atreides are atwar with the Harkonnens and the good always win (as you already know.) Althoughthis plot is really used too much Frank Herbert did an excellent job to disguisethis fact. He blended this into a great story line of action packed adventureand dreams of the future.