Sauron

The Lord of the Rings tells a story of change. The whole of middle earth is being torn apart and fundamentally altered. At the center of this tale is Frodo Baggins, the bearer of the Ring, who is subject to a very unique influence, the Ring of Power. Gandalf explains to Frodo something of the Ring’s nature. “It is far more powerful than I ever dared to think at first, so powerful that in the end it would utterly overcome anyone of mortal race who possessed it. It would posses him.” (Tolkien,46).…

What if two popular movies share too many things in common? Every cinematic work needs to be unique in its own way to attract the audience. For example, the Harry Potter series and The Lord of The Rings. These two movies have become very popular in the past 10 years and gained most of the viewer’s attention sharing a lot of similarities. Although these movies have different authors, they gain a lot of popularity by having similar themes, character design, plots, and villains, but it is also…

We don't just see the actions of evil characters, we come to understand. Why they behave the way they do. Over and over we see illustrations of the claim that no man (or woman) does evil in their own eyes. Like Sauron, depicted by Tolkien as a great single eye, those who commit evil in Narnia have lost any capacity for self-criticism. Sensitive readers will wonder to what extent in their own lives, they, like Edmund, are guilty of blaming others for their own failings…

the book uses countless references to science fiction, fantasy, and superhero genres in order to frame our minds around the supernatural effects of the fuku. In the first mention of Trujillo, Yunoir introduces the supervillain of the story as “our Sauron, our Arawn, our Darkseid, our Once and Future Dictator, a personaje so outlandish, so perverse that not even a sci-fi writer could have made his ass up” (Díaz 2). These references, which presumably, most western readers would be familiar with,…

Authors use many techniques to create and develop themes in their novels, in their respective genres. Junot Diaz weaves a unique blend of genres together including historical narrative, traditional realism, and science fiction in order to capture his and many others’ experiences as immigrants, especially Dominicans, in America. Diaz’s unique identity and literary voice is a pivotal element of his body of work. In his 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Diaz…

the most part Arwen seems to do nothing, there was some brave in the fact that she would marry a man her father disapproves of. It is hard to stand up to the ones you love. She does go out on a limb and give up her immortality before she knows if Sauron can be destroyed. (need to find where this is in the book) Even though Arwen seems to be powerless pawn, there might be more there that could change this…

darkness of the clouds. Instead of enjoying the amazing sunset, I was lying down, motionless, staring dead center into my Nintendo 3DS. My battery suddenly died just as I was about to finish the last quest of Lego the Hobbit where you had to fight Sauron. The battery was indicating that I was probably playing longer than I should have. “Ahmed, Come in Dinner’s ready!” My Mom yelled reluctantly. “Coming mom!” I shouted back. The smell of fresh baked mashed potatoes lurked through the air,…

An Analysis of Music in the Creation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth Music is a part of daily life, and it makes up enormous sections of cultures around the world. J.R.R. Tolkien, in creating his own world, made certain that the aspect of music was still deeply engrained within his fictional works. Music is used to further deepen the plots, enhance the characters’ emotions, and to give life to a world that to him was as precious as our own. So the question arises: In what ways and to what…

At an early age, I began my journey through the vast Tolkien universe of Middle-Earth. My mom encouraged me to read when I was a kid. I took quickly to books because of my love of stories starting from the fairy tales my parents read to me as a child. After reading the Narnia series, Magic Treehouse series, and other fantasy adventure series, my mom got me a recording of The Hobbit: There and Back Again. In second grade, I recall coming home after school and instead of going and playing with…

Food is an energizer, food is culture, food is sharing and it can be an expression of love. Literature uses food in many different ways because it is something that any reader can connect with immediately. Everyone knows different cultures have different foods, so authors can put their heroes in situations where they eat odd foods to express a drastic cultural change. Authors can build trust between their hero and other characters by having them share food, just as they can easily build tension…