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    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…

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    themselves of their foes they stay the night with some friendly elven, who send will send word ahead to help protect the hobbits on their way. frodo and the rest of the party arrived at the old forest and easily losing their ground. finding a talking willow tree help the party on which path to take but then swallows up pippin and merry then a tom bombadil comes to help rescue the hobbits from the old forest. They arrive to the town of bree and meet a ranger that goes by the name of aragorn. he…

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    Tom Bombadil was a character portrayed as both a god-like figure, and a man who deeply cared for the Earth. Lady Galadriel is another character in The Lord of the Rings that also possesses god-like characteristics while simultaneously living a sustainable life. Both Tom and Galadriel are examples of powerful creatures living a balanced life, therefore portraying Tolkien’s respect for nature and strong spirituality. Religion was a very important part of Tolkien’s life. He was a Christian and…

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    I have used this book in paragraph 8 to predict and state if DNA studies and information regards the hobbit man is discovered in the future, scientists are likely to determine the classification of the Hobbit man. This source is well written and easy to use. Furthermore, the authors, only provide facts and justify their opinion by providing reasons to disapprove their opposing views. The authors provide…

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    Bilbo Greed

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    and they don’t always make the “right” decisions. But, they do everything within their capabilities in order to make decisions that benefit the well being of the people around them. Beorn Gandalf, and Bilbo Baggins are some heroes from the book “the hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien. In actuality, true heroism is putting others before yourself, and having the courage to make choices in order to further the welling being of others. Beorn is a kind-hearted skin-changer, who has a tendency to keep to…

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    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3rd, 1892 and died in 1973. He specialized in Old and Middle English. His father died in 1896. His mother, his younger brother, Hilary, and John moved back to England. In 1900 his mother became Catholic and then John and Hilary grew up Catholics. Then, in 1904 John's mother has diagnosed with diabetes. She died in November that year and the boys became orphaned. John later mastered Latin and Greek. Sometimes he would make up his own languages. War…

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    The Fellowship of the Ring Analysis 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…

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    Turkana Boy Theory

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    us closer to understanding our origin. No clues have brought us closer to understanding our past than the discoveries of; Lucy, the first hominoid discovered in near completed form. The Taung Child, discovered in the 1920’s, the discovery of “The Hobbit”, homo-erectus, and Turkana Boy, the most complete skeleton ever found. In discovering various fossilized remains early hominids, our past begins to unravel itself and history lends us its records to try to help us find out about our past, and in…

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    In chapter two, Bilbo baggins the bilbo side liked adventure and the Baggins side he did not. He did not like adventures and did not like his food getting wet because of rain. Dwarves don’t like their food getting wet because they love food. Bilbo said in the forest”I want to go home because the food is getting wet”. All the dwarves loved there food and always ate dinner twice a day. The bad thing was that bilbo had a very scared side of him like all the other dwarves. Every dwarf hated the…

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    telling ghost stories around a campfire with his friends cheering him on, to an advanced fantasy novel manuscript similar to "The Hobbit." He always had a passion to write. Imitation is the best form of praise, a quote from Mr. Ezzard is one of the reasons why he wrote "The Magerian Power." The Magerian Power" was started when he was twelve and was a story much like The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkein. He still has the novel to this day after he continued adding to it all through grade school.…

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