Mirkwood

When I read this, I thought it was strange that with the mark came the surprise visitors, not Gandalf which he was expecting. Reading this, I asked myself if there was any connection oath the mark and the visitors and what the mark meant. This active reading is imperative to make connections and draw conclusions in this novel. In the end it turned out the marking on the door and the visitors were related and was the springboard for further development in the novel. This quote, while not…

Any story needs interesting character in order to keep a readers attention. Without diverse and multi-dimensional characters, the story will become flat and lose the reader 's attention. J.R.R. Tolkein is the author of the critically acclaimed Lord of the Rings books. These novels did not just become a story, but they became a universe. This universe that Tolkein has manifested has become near and dear to many fans of the series. Inside his meticulously crafted universe he has forged numerous…

important the ring is to the story. Without the ring Bilbo might not have escaped the goblins and then the story wouldn't be able to continue. Another example of a time Bilbo used the ring was when The dwarves were caught by spiders in the forest of Mirkwood. "Hobbits are clever at quietness, especially in woods, as I have already told you; also Bilbo had slipped on his ring before he started. That is why the spiders neither saw or heard him coming" (Tolkien 144). With the ring being a big part…

It’s no surprise that this story is based off a war, more specifically World War I. J.R.R Tolkien was in his first phases of creating the story when the war started, so what better place to draw inspiration from. The Fellowship and Sauron’s war is meant to, in a sense, embody World War I. The book itself was published almost to the day, 40 years after WWI started. Throughout the story the main theme is good versus evil, which is the main point of a war one side is made of wrong doers the other…