The Lord of the Rings

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…

Sales of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings exploded in the mid-1960s, hippies liked Tolkien’s vision because of its environmentalism, feminism and anti-war stance. They also enjoyed that many of the characters of Middle Earth are drawn to hallucinogenic plants. The hobbits used hallucinogenic drugs and this may have started the movement to reading the story. The environmentalism view of Tolkien can be seen in The Lord of the Rings, when Saruman destroys forests to create his…

Of Crowns and Rings The characters of Henry V from Shakespeare’s play of said name and Gollum from Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien are two characters whose personalities are torn apart due to gaining a power far greater than they could handle. Henry V is split into two duel factions: the ruthless soldier that will order his soldiers to commit atrocities in his name , and just leader who wants to spread mercy and justice throughout his kingdom of England. Similarly Smeagol, the former alias of…

Can the medieval and the contemporary ever be compared? Although they were written many years apart, the great classics Beowulf and The Hobbit share several similar elements. J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel, The Hobbit, was published in 1937. In contrast, Beowulf’s author is unknown, and the earliest manuscript dates back to about 1000 A.D. Written in distinct styles, the narratives differ since one is an epic poem and the other is a novel. Despite the age difference, parallels abound between the two…

journey over a land that is known as Middle-Earth. In 1954 Volumes 1 and 2 of The Lord of The Rings, the sequels of The Hobbit, were published and in 1955 Volume 3 was also released completing this series (Collins). The Lord of the Rings is the story of a man named Frodo Baggins, who in a time of corruption in Middle-Earth, is selected by the ring and must carry it to travel alongside Mordor to destroy it. The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are Tolkien’s most popular of his books today because…

My friend, Casey, and I asked his dad if there was a movie from his collection that we could watch. Casey’s dad sits us down and puts on The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy; we spent the rest of the day watching all three movies. When we finished, I was in absolute awe for I had just seen the most enchanting movie in my entire life. After witnessing the adventures of Frodo, Sam, Gandalf and the rest…

Nature of Humanity Lord of The Flies (1954) was written by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding and was first published in 1954.William Golding's novel is about a group of schoolboys and adults that are stranded on an island due to the plane crash during World War II and trying to rescue from the island. Ways of surviving on the island indicate the portrait of human nature and also reflect humanity. William Golding expresses his perspective; fear, loneliness and…

do it. A bit later they come upon three hungry troll they all get captured except Gandalf. Gandalf comes up with a plan to trick the trolls to stay out until sunrise. The sunlight turns the ugly trolls into stone. Shortly after Gandalf and the dwarf lord thorin come upon a secret stash of magic swords. They take the swords for themselves even little Bilbo gets a sword. The group later stays at the home of the elves and get advice from the king of the elves. The trudge onwards the go to the Misty…

situation seems unfortunate right? This describes the novel Lord of the Flies written by William Golding. This intriguing novel consists of many hidden allegories and themes. One that emerges in the story, is a moral allegory. Being stranded on an island, brings Atavism to the boys. The boys recede from their taught morals and return to their primitive instincts. This is displayed many times throughout the book. The theme of Atavism supports Lord of the Flies as a moral allegory…

Fantasy, in comparison to a lot of other genres of literature, takes a great deal of work. It requires the creator to build a world from the ground up and make it believable. The Lord of the Rings is a shining example of a fantasy world done right, with Tolkien’s fantastic setting and characters. However, what is most intriguing about the world that Tolkien has created is not the many fantastic races he created. What is fascinating is how he wrote the race that the reader is most familiar with,…