The Power Of Water In Frank Hebert's 'Dune'

Frank Hebert’s 1969 epic science fiction classic Dune, centers around the dessert planter of Arrakis. In the novel, water is the scarcest resource on the planet, the mere act of wasting saliva by spitting or shedding tears by crying takes on greater cultural significance for the inhabitants of Arrakis. The inhabitants of Arrakis employ various forms of technology in order to survive the barren climate. They construct "dew collectors” and “windtraps” to capture the slightest precipitation out of the air. They create expansive underground canals in order to transport and preserve water. The native people, attempt to salvage every drop of moisture from the corpses of the recently deceased. Every moment of their life is spent inside "stillsuits," very similar to wetsuits, they recycle sweat, urine, and even feces back into drinking water. Herbert 's novel reveals a fundamental truth-water is the most precious element on the planet. Without it, most life,

Citizens began to protest what increasingly became a police state in Cochabamba. Demonstrators became more aggressive, hurling bricks and stones at police and soldiers. In the course of two days an estimated 175 people were injured, two people were permanently blinded. On February 8th Pacific News Service published a story entitled "A War Over Water," a firsthand account of the violent clash between prows terms and law enforcement in Cochabamba, written by Jim Shultz. Schultz served as executive director of the Cochabamba-based Democracy Center. Schultz 's reporting is one of the major ways the western world becomes aware of the situation in Bolivia. Furthermore, the water conflict in Cochabamba takes its name from Schultz 's report. On March 22nd, La Coordinadora held an unofficial referendum in which ninety-six percent of voters expressed an unfavorable opinion of Aguas deal Tunari and