The Lord of the Rings

and go on an adventure. He witnesses that Gandalf was not lying and he encounters many hostile monsters. He discovers a golden ring which makes the user invisible (this comes in handy many times throughout the story). Eventually after confronting trolls, goblins, Wargs, and escapes on flying eagles, Bilbo is reunited with the dwarfs, and saves them by using the magical ring and sword to free them. The group overcomes challenges with elves, a dragon named Smaug and making a new friend (the archer…

quest in which Bilbo Baggins, a small hobbit is hired by dwarves to come with them to fight a dragon and have a share of their treasure. There is much reason to believe that, even though not his intent, Mr. Tolkien had made his writings of Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit based off of a clear Christian perspective. Due to his strong faith he even had brought C.S. Lewis to faith and he later wrote the Narnia books, and encouraged Tolkien to keep writing the book, because he was not going to…

The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (240-260) In the black, volcanic plain of Mordor, the Dark Lord, Sauron, forged his most powerful weapon in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there could it be destroyed. In The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Frodo and Sam must trust the foul creature Gollum to lead them to Mordor. With each step, the burden of the ring grows heavier and heavier for Frodo. In this…

what Tolkien called the ‘animal horror’ of the trenches” Great War. Those experiences clearly affected his worldview about the reality of good and evil and are clearly expressed in the numerous battle scenes both in “The Hobbit” and in “The Lord of the Rings.” Part of what makes “The Hobbit” so engaging is that the key elements of Tolkien’s worldview, the basic premises of Middle Earth, resonate so clearly with the majority of readers. He stated at one point that “one object of his…

The Orcs, originally commanded by the first Dark Lord of Middle-earth, Melkor, are described as “squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes” (Letters, p. 210); yet, after the fall of Melkor, they retreated back to their caves, for they are directionless and helpless without…

In excerpt from The Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring, by JRR Tolkein, Sméagol, an innocent creature, and his friend are fishing when Deagol finds a ring in the mud. This ring was created by the dark lord Sauron in an attempt to rule Middle Earth. The ring is the embodiment of evil and upon seeing it Sméagol murders his friend to get it. The discovery of the ring alters how Sméagol acts but a larger, more important transformation occurs. I will discuss this change by answering the…

Lord of the Flies In Lord of the Flies by William Golding he uses the concept of island survival to show the various negative behaviors of man. The story starts with Ralph as the leader and by the end of the story the island is on fire and Ralph is being hunted by Jack and his lackeys. The cause of this ever growing chaos was the beast, a made up monster that terrorized the dreams of the little ones and caused uncertainty to blossom in the hearts of those who were older. Golding uses the beast…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Hero Society often tends to think that heroes were born to be mighty, strong, and reliable, that no ordinary man can achieve heroism or greatness. However, The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien follows a small, little hobbit’s heroic journey, illustrates the reader the value of this Hobbit’s heroism, and illustrates what it takes to develop into a hero; through the hobbit’s accomplishments, Tolkien not only shows society that anyone could acquire these heroic, but also uses…

banned from watching films like lord of the rings because they feature smoking." Now I do not belive that they should be banned, but another study shows that "40% of school-age children have admitted smoking regularly and that research showed that children were more likely to start smoking if they had been exposed to certain images , including people smoking on television and in films." In "The Hobbit" It did enact smoking in great detail. Such as blowing smoke rings, relieving stress, and as a…

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 is made of heroes. The Fellowship of the Ring is full of many different characters from hobbits and wizards to men and elves. They all have different morals and values that help to create and progress the story. Each character has their own set of traits…