Minas Tirith

Have you ever wanted to live in a world of fantasy filled with orcs, wizards, elves and dwarves? If so, the Lord of the Rings is for you. In the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo is given the task of guarding the Ring of Rulers. His first mission was to reach Rivendell, the elfin city. Along the way, Sam, Merry, and Pippin in the Shire, and Aragorn (otherwise known as Strider) in Bree joined him. On their journey, they have had to evade the Black Riders who are supernatural servants…

the individual’s ability to overcome evil’s power and domination over the wills of others, rising above it using love, hope, and compassion along with the light that is born within them to guide them in the fight against evil. As Gandalf enters Minas Tirith, the fall of Gondor and the fall of men are intertwined together (736), but Pippin looks into Faramir and sees the nobility that lies within him knowing there is still a spark left in the race of men (750). Aragorn comes from a line of men…

the pool. Don’t disturb it!”(2.4.345), originally Boromir did not want to go to Moria because there is darkness there, yet he chooses to disturb things best left alone. Boromir is selfish in the fact that he wants the ring to save Gondor “We of Minas Tirith have been staunch through long years of trial. We do not desire power of wizard-lords, only strength to defend ourselves, strength in a just cause”(2.10.448), he believes that men can control the Ring and use it against the enemy in order to…

Boromir is an example of this; he was kind, loving, but his desire was able to control him. He believed that the Ring could be of good use to him in order to protect his home; the city of Minas Tirith. This want for power, even to use for good, controlled his actions. At first Boromir didn’t understand why the Ring was so important, but subconsciously he wanted to use it himself. In order to get it though, he needed to convince Frodo to give…

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the Riders of Rohan, or Rohirrim, are horse loving Men who live on the plains of Middle-earth. The Rohirrim’s initial respect for the land contrasts their later ambivalent and destructive use of it, therefore reinforcing the need for both biblical utilitarian and morally intrinsic perspectives when forming a sustainable community. While The Riders of Rohan use and protect the land at first in an agrarian-based society, they grow indifferent to both…

Did you know The Lord of the Rings was originally published in 1973? This timeless fantasy tale is Tolkien’s most popular book series. In the beginning of the second part of The Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers), Aragorn finds an injured Boromir who professes his intent to steal the ring and then dies from fatal injuries orcs inflicted. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli then seek to find the absent Merry and Pippin who were apprehended by orcs. On their trek, they stumble upon the mighty Riders of…

1. Context "The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live that remember it", says Lady Galadriel. The future of all living things rests in the fate of the One Ring, created by the powerful witch-king Sauron. In this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice, and will to dominate all life. After his defeat in battle, and following a series of events, the Ring had been passed through a variety of owners…

dissimilarly in both the film and the book. In the film, it is a pivotal battle, similar to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in The Return of the King. In the book, it is simply just another battle in the lead-up to the finale at Pelennor Fields and Minas Tirith. Per se, there is much less detail in the book, and the whole battle occupies only a few pages. There were no orcs carrying a large flame, no elves coming to aid, and hence there was no dramatic death scene for Haldir. Éomer was present…

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien or J.R.R Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His parents go by the names of Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield Tolkien. When Tolkien was only four Arthur Tolkien died from an inflamed organ caused by bacterial infection in the blood otherwise known as peritonitis. Tolkien, Mabel Tolkien and his younger brother, Hilary Arthur Reuel, then moved to live in Birmingham, England. Eight years later Mabel Tolkien died, in 1904, so Tolkien and…

“‘You’ve got it?’ gasped Frodo. ‘You’ve got it here? Sam, you’re a marvel!’ Then quickly and strangely his tone changed. ‘Give it to me!’ he cried, standing up, holding out a trembling hand. ‘Give it to me at once! You can’t have it!’” (Tolkien 890) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is a fantasy trilogy that has set the bar for all others of the genre. It follows a young hobbit named Frodo as he, and his companions, struggle to destroy an evil ring capable of the world’s end. Frodo…