No one views themselves as evil, but Paul clearly is. His rationalisations and compartmentisations are very interesting to follow. This is essentially a 'power corrupts' story, but it is written in a way that makes it more then easy clichés. It binds together the hen/egg problem...
4/x
January 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
No one views themselves as evil, but Paul clearly is. His rationalisations and compartmentisations are very interesting to follow. This is essentially a 'power corrupts' story, but it is written in a way that makes it more then easy clichés. It binds together the hen/egg problem...
There are foreshadowing of this outcome in the first Dune novel, but it is rather striking that the crimes of the Harkonen play a pretty large role in the first novel but the crimes of Paul's Jihad is a mere side note in this novel, despite them being worse than anything the Harkonen ever did.
3/x
January 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
There are foreshadowing of this outcome in the first Dune novel, but it is rather striking that the crimes of the Harkonen play a pretty large role in the first novel but the crimes of Paul's Jihad is a mere side note in this novel, despite them being worse than anything the Harkonen ever did.
The main story has two parts, one is palace intruges for power over the throne and the other is Paul's struggle for meaning and freedom. The story is interesting mainly becuase the compartmentalisation and rationalisations within a personality cult that has lead a huge genocide.
2/x
January 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The main story has two parts, one is palace intruges for power over the throne and the other is Paul's struggle for meaning and freedom. The story is interesting mainly becuase the compartmentalisation and rationalisations within a personality cult that has lead a huge genocide.