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Recommended: Analysis of the novel The Lord of the Rings

The immersive and beautiful world of the lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the few literary masterpieces that feel fresh and original, even though it was written one hundred years ago. It is tangible and not too complex for a reader, it might be intimidating, but they are a joy to read and I'll bet you won't be able to put this book down. My personal favorite book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is "The two towers". This part has 725 pages packed full of adventure, epic battles, beautiful and massive landscapes, and deep and thought-provoking story. “The Two Towers” is the second book in the lord of the rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien. He mainly writes in 3rd person or 3rd person omniscient, but he sometimes he writes in first person or second person. …show more content…

In the previous book, Frodo the hobbit was assigned the ring bearer and that he must cast it into the fire of mount doom. Additionally, Frodo was accompanied by Sam, a shrewd and loyal Hobbit who Frodo could not go to Mordor without. In addition to the hobbits effort, Aragorn the air of the king of Gondor who wields the blade that was broken, journeys to Gondor to save his people with the rest of the fellowship. Frodo found the creature Gollum, and he made Gollum their guide to Mordor. Gollum once was the bearer of the ring, but it corrupted him for 500 years. Sam grew suspicious of Gollum and knew he still lusted for it. Gollum leads them threw the Dead Marshes,The Glades of Ithilien, and leads them to minas morgul the kingdom of death, where nothing lived outside of the tower. There are that mountains surround the tower,and in those mountains is the secret stairs of cirith Ungol. There is cave that leads to Mordor,but they don’t know the peril the dwells in the cave of Cirith

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