Dune

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highest reverence. Duke Leto, Paul's
father now came into the picture. He was the leader of the Atreides Family. He
seemed very established and perceptive. The Atreides family represented good
and honesty while their enemies, the Harkonnen's, were ruthless killers.
The Harkonnen home planet, Gedi Prime was very desolate and dark. It
represented the immorality and darkness within the Harkonnens. Their leader
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was very obese and inhuman. He killed his own slaves
for fun and hated the Atreides with a passion. He hated their peaceful and
honest ways. Most of all he despised their coming to Dune. This Harkonnen
leader appeared the typical tyrant leader. Vladimir Harkonnen's most trusted
solider Feyd-Rautha was also like him except his physical appearance was that of
ideal shape and form.
Back at the Atreides base more characters are introduced to me. They
are Duncan Idaho who was the personal trainer for Paul Atreides, Dr. Yeuh who
was a good friend ...

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along with
his leadership. This frightened the Emperor that forced him to act against the
Atreides family.
The Harkonnen's seemed a bit too uninteresting and average to me. They
were evil and hated all that was good. The author should of added a bit more “
spice” to their characters. This would of made the story more enjoyable.
Otherwise, this science fiction novel is like it says on the cover, “A world
beyond your experience, beyond your imagination.”
The emperor sent the Atreides to Dune for one purpose only. Their
destruction. He joined forces with the Harkonnens and attacked the Atreides.
The Harkonnen spy, Dr. Yeuh turned off the defence's of the base that resulted
in the ...

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