Sauron

Combined with courage was often the virtue of self-sacrifice: the willingness to place oneself in danger to assure the safety of others. This noble attitude has often been trivialized and made almost into a cliche in some fiction, but its origins in heroic literature are much more serious as numerous squires die protecting their knights. (58) Although Sam is not a warrior he shows undying devotion to his master as he follows him into danger and refuses to leave him. Frodo is a hero because he is…

War, as is its nature, takes much from those who partake in it, whether willingly or no matters not. It steals them from their lives and returns them stricken, not the same person as the one who left. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder often follows them like a wraith cloaked in black. The fulcrum of their lives has been shifted, their eyes opened to the cruel and brutal monstrosity that is the human race. When one has seen what they have seen, returning home to live out a normal life like nothing…

“Not all those who wander are lost” (J.R.R Tolkien). Tolkien lived an interesting life. He fought in World War I on the western front. This is where he got many of his ideas for writing. After World War I ended, literature and writings were influenced greatly through experiences in the war. A big new invention that came about in this time was the assembly line. This was so important because Americans were able to afford cars. Production was off the charts during this time period because…

dark eyes, wearing expensive, fashionable clothes, and talking in a soft, musical voice. Mrs. Coulter is cunning, persuasive, ruthless, and vicious, earning her the third spot for biggest villain in the Big Bad Read poll after Lord Voldemort and Sauron. She was originally a long-time agent of the Church, or Magisterium, before she defected. Mrs. Coulter is also the head and founder of the General Oblation Board (G.O.B.), more commonly known as the Gobblers. The Gobblers were notorious for…

But this book does not offer a single page of original and unpublished work. What then is the need, now, for such a book? (Beren and Lúthien 11) That, as a Danish prince once said, is the question. There are, indeed, no words of J. R. R. Tolkien here that have not already appeared in The Silmarillion or The History of Middle-earth, and there are many which have been left out. As Christopher points out in the preface, this particular tale changed dramatically over the years, becoming more and…