Compare and Contrast: "Dune" by Herbert and "Star Wars" by Lucas
The novel Dune by Frank Herbert, and the novel Star Wars by George Lucas
have many comparisons and contrasts. Even though they were written more than 10
years apart, they are both very entertaining.
In Dune the story takes place on a dry desert planet called Arrakis,
where water is very scarce, and only the rich own it. Similarly, in Star Wars
the story starts out on a desert world called Tatooine, where water is very
scarce and expensive.
In Star Wars there is a mysterious power called the force that only a
few people posses. It allows you to move objects, see in to the future, and
communicate with people far away just by thinking it. Similarly, in Dune there
is a power that very few people posses. It let the people that knew how to use
it communicate with their people when they were far away, and let them see into
the future.
In Dune, there are people who live out in the desert called Freemen who
are......
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