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    The Hobbit Research Paper

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    J. R. R. Tolkien The English writer J. R. R. Tolkien is best remembered today as the author of the fantasy writer of the Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien has changed the world in his writings. Many people see him as the most famous fantasy writer. He once said, "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future". He definitely lived up to what he said. J.R.R. Tolkien was a guy who will be remembered for his amazing writing style and fantasy novels. Ever since he was…

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    Allurement In The Hobbit

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    J.R.R. Tolkien once guaranteed that, "The Lord of the Rings is obviously an on a very basic level religious and Christian work; unwittingly so at to start with, yet intentionally in the update". This is borne out in an examination of his labor of love, the making of the legendary history of Middle-earth. ·: Magic :· "Enchantment" in the writing of Tolkien 's Middle-earth is firmly related neither to that rehearsed in the mysterious nor to the illusions of performers. It is not the same as…

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    The Fellowship of the Ring is the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy written by J.R.R Tolkien. This book and the other books of the trilogy have become some of the most popular books ever, and have been made into movies. It is a continuation of the story from The Hobbit. One of the main themes of the story is an seemingly unimportant person being forced to be a hero. The books starts with Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, giving a magical ring to his younger cousin Frodo. A while later, a…

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    Frodo's Epiphany

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    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954. Furthermore, Tolkien spent the majority of his childhood in the West Midlands, England; supposedly, Tolkien used the West Midlands as an inspiration for The Shire, the dwelling place of the Hobbits (Doughan). Nevertheless, the ideal way to characterize Hobbits comes from Frodo’s cousin, Bilbo Baggins. While Bilbo is writing his book, he illustrates the life of Hobbits as creatures who prefer a harmonious…

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    In this paragraph we will be talking about Saruman’s power, jealousness towards Gandalf, and his downfall and betrayal of the Istari and Gandalf. In T.A. 2463 Saruman formed the White Council to stop the comeback of Sauron and Saruman was voted the Head of the White Council. Saruman was faithful to the cause up until about T.A. 4000 when Sauron persuade him to help him destroy Middle-Earth. Saruman was always faithful to the cause of stopping the cause when he and the other Istari arrived in…

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    ‘Give it to me at once! You can’t have it!’” (Tolkien 890) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is a fantasy trilogy that has set the bar for all others of the genre. It follows a young hobbit named Frodo as he, and his companions, struggle to destroy an evil ring capable of the world’s end. Frodo Baggins is the humblest of creatures, yet even he is susceptible to the temptations of pure evil through the ring of power; this is proven through the character transformation Frodo undergoes…

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    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is been give high praise, yet is part of the novel that fall short for critic and that the women of his world. Some have said that he paints an “old-fashioned, misogynistic depiction of women” (JN 101).When his novel was published this was the excepted view of women. Therefore, are we holding to Tolkien to our moral standers today, not stopping to think of what society thought of women when this novel was being written? Others have said that his society…

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    The Fellowship of the Ring is the first out of the three books in The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is named Sauron, the Dark Lord, who lost this One Ring that contains much of his soul and power. He has an overriding desire and power to reclaim the Ring and use it to enslave all of Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a quest literature, a quest is what happens when a character or more than one character travels to a faraway destination with a purpose and desire of…

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    The book The Fellowship of the Ring begins with a quiet life of the Hobbits in The Shire. When Frodo Baggins comes into the possession of the One Ring, left for him by his cousin Bilbo Baggins, he and three of his friends set out to destroy the ring because of its dangerous power. Soon after, they get lost and almost die. Frodo is gravely injured and needed to be healed by the Rivendell Elves. In Rivendell, a council is formed and it is decided that a group including a wizard, an Elf, Dwarves,…

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    The Hobbit Industrialism

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    effort to put the kibosh on the fighting in World War II has lived through a lot of things, but has still managed to publish two of the most well known fantasy novels on the planet, The Hobbit, and its follow up novel nearly 204 months later, The Lord of the Rings. Today J.R.R. tolkien is one of the most influential authors known…

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