The Fellowship of the Rings is the first volume of the three in the Lord of Rings. This trilogy is regarded as one of the finest fictional narratives of the twentieth century. The person that is considered The Lord of the Rings is Sauron, who lost the One Ring long ago that contained most of his power. Sauron desires to recover the lost Ring and use it to enslave the entire Middle-earth. The paper will be analyzing this story extensively. The Fellowship of the Ring starts with the 111th birthday party of Bilbo. He gives his ring to Frodo his heir. However, when the time reaches for him to part with the ring, Bilbo becomes reluctant to do so. He finally gives a ring once his friend Gandalf urge him to do so. This paper will be an extensive analysis of this book, looking into some of the literary elements used by the author such as themes, symbolism, and setting.
Evil is presented as the opposite of creativity in the Tolkien world, and it depends on destruction to form its basis. On the other hand, goodness is related to the beauty of creation and the preservation of all created things. These two symbolic ideologies are presented in the Elven Ring, which is a symbol of goodness, and One Ring …show more content…
He goes through all the trials and temptations that a hero goes through, and portrays the traits of a real hero. Frodo learns so many things about life during his journey of returning the ring to Mount Doom. He goes through pain, loses a loved one, but he also experiences happiness at some point. Frodo’s life changes when he receives the ring and has to endure the separation from his normal life. Frodo has to this ring to a place he has never been to before, and he does not know what will happen to him, or the encounters he will go through. His journey is also not clear as he does not know where he is going. The separation from his family to undertake an unknown journey is an act of being a