~Blog Post #2~
Topic G
April 24, 2015
By: Andrew Pono
When Jessica finds an air lock door, she goes through to find a hidden garden, filled with exotic plants and flowing water. A garden filled with plants and flowers in a desert planet is unheard of. Water, that could be used to help people who are thirsty or dying, just being used for the plants. A little sanctuary of life in the middle of a dust planet represents the Garden of Eden, found in the book of Genesis from the Bible. It exists literally as a garden in a dust planet, and figuratively as a source of life surrounded by death. The Garden of Eden is where Adam and Eve resided before being kicked out, a peaceful haven filled with all sorts of plants and animals. It's the image of Earth in perfection. The Garden of Dune is what the planet Arrakis would look like if the Fremen were to change it. The Garden of Eden was the sole primary source of life on Earth, the outside barren. The Garden of Dune is a symbol of the Garden of Eden since it too is surrounded by barren land, filled with dust and sand.
I like the idea of the greenhouse being the Garden of Eden, especially because of the many Catholic and Muslim parallels in Dune. I also believe the necessity of water is an important symbol in the book, but also because of the common symbolism of water, like cleansing and new life. Paul and his father have goals in mind for the leadership of Arrakis, like making water sustainable, giving the planet a new life and making it livable. The greenhouse is very important in expressing this symbol.
ReplyDeleteGRADING:
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with the symbolism of the Garden of Eden, and liked the comparing and contrasting you did. I also like how you compared it to Earth, because I hadn't even thought about that.