At the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo inherits The One Ring to Rule Them All. Frodo tries to pass the ring off to Gandalf to destroy it, but Gandalf knows that the ring will corrupt him so Gandalf makes Frodo take the Ring. This shows the strength of …show more content…
Gandalf drives his staff into the ground and yells “You Shall Not Pass!” (Jackson, Peter. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, December 9th, 2001) and causes bright light blasts to stun the Balrog long enough for the Balrog to fall into the fiery pits of Moria. As Gandalf turns to join the rest of the Fellowship the Balrog reaches a fiery tentacle up and wraps it around Gandalf's foot, causing Gandalf to fall to his supposed death but not before he whispers to the Fellowship “Fly you fools” (Jackson, Peter. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, December 9th, 2001). The fact that Gandalf was willing to risk his life for the fellowship proves that he is determined to have the ring destroyed. The Fellowship as a whole was determined to destroy the Ring, and Boromir also gave his life to protect the Ring. Unlike Boromir, Gandalf never tried to rob Frodo of the ring because of its power.
Determination is crucial for the advancement of society. In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, there are many examples of the significance of