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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 9487902" data-attributes="member: 5889">So in reading the review, I had a very different take.One key difference between Tolkien and Herbert, Herbert admitted to a mistake. He is quoted that after the book was released, that people took Paul too much as a hero, whereas he wanted Paul to be a cautionary tale about putting too much faith into saviors and religion in general.Chani is the one that reflects that message in Part 2, she is the one that rises above the religious zealotry and goes &quot;wait a minute, this isn't right&quot;. Even as she loves Paul she fiercely disagrees with the cult that is building around him, and wastes no opportunity to make that point known.The reviewer sees Chani's leaving at the end as the reflection of a &quot;lover's spat&quot;, whereas to me this is Chani continuing her role of rejecting this path of prophecy laid out for Paul, rejecting him as a cult leader for her people that has now risen up to gain extraordinary power, and as a consequence begins sending her people to the stars to fight....and to die. In the books Chani shuts her mouth and goes along with the plan because her lover and the Maudi knows best. In this version, Chani questions the very nature of Paul as a savior....questions that Herbert himself was hoping his audience would ask.It is certainly a different take on the story, but I don't think its a weaker one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 9487902, member: 5889"] So in reading the review, I had a very different take. One key difference between Tolkien and Herbert, Herbert admitted to a mistake. He is quoted that after the book was released, that people took Paul too much as a hero, whereas he wanted Paul to be a cautionary tale about putting too much faith into saviors and religion in general. Chani is the one that reflects that message in Part 2, she is the one that rises above the religious zealotry and goes "wait a minute, this isn't right". Even as she loves Paul she fiercely disagrees with the cult that is building around him, and wastes no opportunity to make that point known. The reviewer sees Chani's leaving at the end as the reflection of a "lover's spat", whereas to me this is Chani continuing her role of rejecting this path of prophecy laid out for Paul, rejecting him as a cult leader for her people that has now risen up to gain extraordinary power, and as a consequence begins sending her people to the stars to fight....and to die. In the books Chani shuts her mouth and goes along with the plan because her lover and the Maudi knows best. In this version, Chani questions the very nature of Paul as a savior....questions that Herbert himself was hoping his audience would ask. It is certainly a different take on the story, but I don't think its a weaker one. [/QUOTE]

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