The Lord of the Rings

His courtesy concerned him, lest crass he appear, but more his soul's mischief, should he commit sin and belie his loyal oath to the lord of that house. Norton, 238 no matter how hard she tries,he doesnt give in. He tries so hard on remaining true to Bercilak that he is tricked into taking a girdle of green silk from her and betraying Bercilak. She persuades him to accept the girdle…

Huck’s Journey to Maturity in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author Mark Twain uses his main character Huckleberry Finn to display his coming of age. Huck goes through several identities and lively adventures through the whole novel. This idea of Huck’s journey to maturity has a huge impact on the novel as it portrays him as the main protagonist and problem solver. Twain returns to this theme several times by helping the reader…

Hobbits are creatures that are half the size of humans with similar characteristics of dwarves and do not like to leave the comfort of their home. They live in a pleasing underground holes with all the amenities of life. The Baggins family are part hobbits and part took. Tooks love to go on adventures and leave there houses. One day, a wizard named Gandalf visits him and ask Bilbo Baggins to go on an adventure. He politely declines as any hobbit would and invites him to tea. He leaves a sign on…

“I just need you to believe me.” Daniel Fights a Hurricane and Take Shelter illustrate the story of two hypersensitive men, Daniel and Curtis, who constantly have visions and difficulty distinguishing between reality and imagination. While Daniel’s experience is elaborated by Shane Jones from three perspectives - the first person perspective (“I”), the third person perspective(“he”) and Daniel’s wife Karen’s perspective, Curtis’s is illustrated by Jeff Nichols from just the first person…

get through my classes. I was in an honors class in 9th grade, and I was so excited to read some “college level literature” as the teacher had described. I expected something amazing such as “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville but the teacher assigned “Lord of the flies” by William Golding. I was so excited I immediately dove into the novel, I read it cover to cover, twice. I tried to love the book as passionately as my teacher had, so it would live up to my expectations of a “college level novel”…

In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding describes the dramatic change of a group of young boys as they survive on an inhabited island in the middle of the ocean. At the beginning, a small basic society is developed where a leader, Ralph, is elected and rules were established to keep the young and old in line. The longer the children stayed alone, the more distant they became from the modern rules of everyday society. Main characters started to change from their old innocent child self…

Statistics show that most people crave music. Music plays a crucial role in many people’s daily lives,this also goes for magical creatures. J.R.R Tolkien reveals this through the elves, dwarves, and the goblins songs. Each one of the songs had a distinct tone, content, and structure. In The Hobbit, the elves have a very distinctive genre of music. Unlike most, their tone is teasing and playful, and it is not meant to be taken seriously. Most song lyrics were insults meant to entertain the…

within the book? First In his afterword to Lord of the Flies, E.L. Epstein claims that the Lord of the Flies is “the central symbol itself” (205). Do you agree that this Beelzebub character is indeed the most significant symbol in Golding’s book? If so, why does Golding choose to include the Lord of the Flies in his novel? What function does it serve in the text? If not, what is the most important symbol in Lord of the Flies? The conch? Piggy’s glasses? Lord of the Flies is a book by William…

“I’m not a hero or a warrior, not even a burglar.”(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Although not written in the book, these words were spoken by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It is in this scene that Bilbo describes himself to Thorin as just an average creature, when in reality he is anything but that. Thorin, who up until this time doubted Bilbo, realizes that without him, he would not have survived the previous attack. Character developments and connections like these…

There are three majors areas that are visited in the book. The Shire, Valley of the Elves, and of course The Lonely Mountain. These areas are encompassed by middle earth, also the story begins in 2941 and ended in 2942. The Shire is a peaceful land with lushest green hilly terrain as far as the eye can see, with wonderful Hobbits enjoying each other's time as well as minding their own business and sticking to very usual lives. These lands are so beautiful and peaceful I’m certain you wouldn’t…