The Lord of the Rings

capstone project based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a perfect opportunity for me to explore how to create recipes and do so using natural ingredients, which are crucial in a modern world dominated by GMOs. Body paragraph #1: A: I cooked several dishes based on characters within both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: dwarven meat pies; Smaug's fire soup; golden “Ring” bagels; a seedcake; ring-wraith…

Arwen is referenced to Luthien in The Lord of the Rings. One of the reasons for this is that Arwen story is similar to that of Luthien. She is an immortal being that falls in love with a mortal, which she gives up her immortality for. Both had a father the disapproved of the match and gave the mortal men a task to complete to be worthy of their daughter love. Beren has to get one Silmaril and Aragorn has to reclaim the throne and become the king of Gondor. Yet the difference come from the fact…

Characterization and Geomyth of Gandalf in The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit protagonist, lives in a community called, Hobbiton in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel. Before the interruption from a wizard named Gandalf, he led a very dull, quiet life. Baggin’s and Gandalf are faced with a challenging effort as they must retrieve the missing treasure. Not only do they have to retrieve it, but the treasure is protected by a fire-breathing dragon, Samug. Along this journey they meet many different kinds…

As much as a happy ending may seem desirable and promising to a person, a happy ending cannot always be plausible. Ironically, however, a somewhat unhappy ending in a novel is what can oftentimes create truly great and memorable literature. In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a happy ending gets further and further out of reach as the novel progresses. Many of the conflicts that arise reach a point where they can never truly be resolved. Yes, fortunately, the boys who were stranded on…

do atrocious things. In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, the island sees survivors from a plane crash so dreadful that no one would have been alive, but miraculously a group of young cadets survives. One of the survivors, Ralph, becomes the first leader of the group and makes the precedents so that the boys maintain their civilization. But furthermore, Jack wants to have his influence over the boys. He believes…

abominable tunnels to look for him, then drat him, I say” (Tolkien 92). Despite what they said about him, Bilbo kept his head up and proved them wrong. Bilbo and I share differences in the way we helped ourselves to become our own heros. Bilbo uses a ring to hide himself when he is in a tough spot and when needs to get…

of Dori and they both fell. Bilbo fell and hit his head on a rock and was knocked unconscious. When he came to, he found a ring on the ground and put it in his pocket. The narrator stated that when Bilbo found the ring it was a significant moment during the adventure, he just did not know it yet (Tolkien, The Hobbit 68). The ring is important to Bilbo’s development. The ring is Jungian symbol. The circle is a Jungian archetype that represents “self” (Matthews). The ring’s symbolism shows that…

Good vs Evil; A Psychological Allegory? Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a compelling and interesting novel that has changed the name of literature and captured every reader into a trance of wonder and awe. Lord of the Flies is interpreted many different ways depending on how the reader sees it. But who actually knows what the author was thinking when he wrote Lord of the Flies? Golding makes good vs evil extremely prominent in Lord of the Flies. Throughout the novel we see many…

A Hidden Spirit Is a life without hardship possible for living beings? Can creatures live on without any challenge to learn from? The Hobbit, written by John Tolkien, is a journey not only through a vast and imaginative world, but through one’s own flaws and discovering ways to overcome them. This analysis outlines the conflicts, character traits, themes, motifs, and symbolism of the novel and presents their overall importance. The main conflict the party must endure throughout the novel is…

Hobbits. They are interestingly boring little creatures who are known for living peaceful uneventful lives; however, one fateful day one little hobbit defied the odds. In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, no matter how small a person may be, they can accomplish anything they put their mind to. Bilbo Baggins accomplished this by slaying terrifying spiders, outwitting the sneaky Gollum and escaping the wise wood elves. All of this to defeat the dragon Smaug and recover the things that once belonged…