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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9111170" data-attributes="member: 6906155">What about people called Paul?Although I don't remember if the book makes it explicit that Paul is white. But clearly he is a member of privileged (pseudo-British) elite. Taking into account that the author is an American, this would seem to be a deliberate choice to make the protagonist less relatable. Unlike the more accidently posh Frodo Baggins. The author wants the reader to question his privilege.Paul is both a manipulator and manipulated, and he uses religion in order to do so. So, whilst in the surface narrative, he is a classic white saviour hero, the author is actually asking the reader to question his actions, and look deeper. (and to be fair, Paul questions himself). It wasn't a coincidence that I brought up Starship Troopers (movie). The same goes for Leto II. But the author doesn't want to impose his own version of right and wrong, he wants the reader to think, consider the options, and make up their own minds.Interesting comparison: Dune and The Life of Brian.</blockquote>