Lord of the rings, Fellowship of the ring
By: J.J.R Tolkin, print date: Oct, 1965
The story starts with the 33rd birthday-party for Frodo Baggans, and the 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggans, Hobbits who live in a mythical land called the Shire. Frodo’s best friend is his gardner Sam. Frodo owns a magic Ring which makes him invisible when he wears it, a gift from his cousin Bilbo who stole it from Gollum years ago.
One day the old wizard Gandalf comes to the Shire, and he tells Frodo of an evil named Sauron who wants to capture the Ring for himself. In ages long past Sauron stole the Ring from the Elves, to protect him from the Powers of Good; but the Ring was stolen from him by a creature named Gollum, and then stolen from Gollum by Bilbo, who finally gives it freely to Frodo. "Sauron has been searching for the Ring for years," Gandalf tells Frodo, "and now he has sent his nine Black Riders, to the Shire to look for it." Frodo and Sam consult with their loyal friends Merry and Pippin, and when the Black Riders appear, the hobbits trick them into going into a mushroom-patch, disorienting the Black Riders just long enough to escape the Shire.
But the tone of the book rapidly becomes more serious as the Black Riders pursue the hobbits through the forest. The hobbits come to the village of Bree, and arrive at the home of Tom Bombadil. Frodo meets a man named Aragorn, or ‘Strider’, who convinces him to go to the city of Rivendell. "In Rivendell you will be safe from their magic," Aragorn tells him, "for Elrond is a sensible man, and does not believe in it." With that Aragorn leads them rapidly to Rivendell, with the Riders in hot pursuit. As they ford the last river between them and Rivendell there is a spell cast on the river-water, causing it to rise up and wash away the Black riders, and our heroes make it to the safety of Rivendell.
At Rivendell, Elrond holds a Council where the fate of the Ring is discussed. The only way to keep Sauron from recovering the Ring, they decide, is to throw it into the volcano of Mount Doom where it will be destroyed. During the Council Gandalf arrives late, saying that he had been held prisoner in the tower of Orthanc, the Wizards' Tower.
Along their journey, they have memorable experiences and learn about the One Ring’s imperceptible powers. Furthermore, Frodo and his fellowship discover the powers of the One Ring growing along with the armies of Sauron with respect to time. Ultimately, Frodo and his eight companions must do what it takes to destroy the One Ring and
Before this paper truly examines the endurance of Frodo, those reading need to increase their knowledge of Frodo’s environment, immediate and far away. Though there are no true divisions of lands such as we have, so this next part of the paper shall as best possible to relate their boundaries to our divisions. The Shire is the country in which Frodo and Bilbo live. It is an insignificant place with many knolls which house hobbits. The continent in which the Shire resides is Middle-Earth. Middle-Earth is a fairly peaceful place, yet the cultures within it resemble this earth’s medieval ages added that all the folklore from ours was true in theirs. It remained peaceful and happy for many years.(Tolkien)
Lord Sauron was a powerful ruler of the dark army and created the ring with the help of the foolish elves to create the One Ring that would rule over the Rings created by the elves. Sauron did this to have complete control of the world because the One Ring gave the wearer unimaginable power and because Sauron was evil and was hiding his true motives for creating the ring, the world wouldn't be able to stop him. After creating the Ring, Sauron chanted an elvish incantation to give the ring its power. Gandalf the Gray, re-tells the story of this to Frodo before reaching the elvish castle, "For in the day that Sauron flirt put on the One, Celebrimor, maker of the Three, was aware of him, and from afar he heard him speak these words,many so his evil purposes were revealed." (Tolkien, 1954, p 284) Sauron hid his corrupt and misguided plan to run the shire and later the world, by simply telling everyone his rings would help bring good to the world. Ultimately, supporting the theme of corruption by showing Sauron's dark, misguided, and corrupt desires to rule the
When Frodo’s journey is about to unfold, the ring that was given to Frodo by his uncle/cousin Bilbo turns out to be the One ring that holds the essence of the dark lord Sauron. Because of Gollum, the previous owner of the ring, Sauron becomes aware of the rings locations and sends out the Black Riders to collect his precious.are sent out to claim the ring (Tolkien). This conflict is foreshadowed on page 13 and 14 of the prologue. “ He returned to his home at Bag End on June the 22nd of the fifty-second year (S.R. 1342), and nothing very notable occurred in the Shire until Mr.Baggins began the preparations for the celebration of his hundred-and-eleventh birthday (S.R. 1401). At this point this history begins.” Tolkien is very subtle with most of his writing, besides imagery and personification, examples like foreshadowing and metaphors are very hard to pick up on. This event sets the story in motion, and gives the readers a glimpse of what challenges Frodo is to face in the future. Another very important conflict arises between Boromir, Captain of Gondor and Frodo Baggins. In chapter 10 of the second book when the Fellowship is at Amon Hen, Boromir follows Frodo into the woods,and insists that Frodo let him have the ring but Frodo says no. Boromir attacks Frodo for the ring due to the influence of the ring pulling him in, but Frodo slips on the ring becoming
J.R.R Tolkien creates this sense of belonging through his implementation of so many wonderfully divers and loveable races that live in Middle-Earth. Since each race differs from the rest, it allows all readers, no matter their background, to find a character they can identify with. From Elves to Dwarves, readers can find a place where they fit in and feel accepted; “ Good books and characters help you feel understood” (Vero). Every race in Middle-Earth has a place and by immersing the reader in his fantasy world by generating a sense of belonging amongst his characters, Tolkien effectively creates an escape (Tolkien). The author also uses the tone of wonder to evoke a sense of awe and admiration towards The Hobbit’s protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. This Halfling is the novel’s most relatable and loveable character and therefore helps engage the reader all the more and makes them feel at home in Middle-Earth. Bilbo is a Picaro, an unlikely hero who goes on this amazing adventure and accomplishes impossible feats. This iconic character evokes a sense of belonging from the reader as he is painted with a tone of wonder and readers can see a reflection of themselves in him. Baggins is a curious hobbit who does not see how truly valuable and brave he is; “We identify with Bilbo because he is an unlikely hero and he surprises us with his bravery on the quest. We see him grow as a person and transform into a hero as he tries to help his friends. He shows us that we can do the impossible and that to be a hero, you don’t have to look like the Hulk” (Vero). Bilbo hence lures readers into Middle-Earth by giving them the impression to be on the quest with him (Tolkien). This familiarity with the Picaro enhances the reader’s ability to relate with the character and
A student athlete faces adversity on a daily basis. With facing adversity a lot of times comes stress, and with stress anxiety can start to become a huge factor on how the student athlete performs. When speaking of performing, that’s on and off the field tasks. Student athletes are known to have many responsibilities. A problem many student athletes face is managing all their responsibilities while not feeling overwhelmed. Once the pressure of trying to manage all the responsibilities a student athlete might have begins to weigh down on him or her, that’s when one with anxiety can start to lose the “it” factor that allows them to perform.
Then, Gandalf, a wizard, along with 12 dwarves take him on an adventure to reclaim the dwarves’ treasure from the dragons. While facing many obstacles, Bilbo finds a ring that makes him invisible,
The goal of every coach is to create an environment in which his athletes can flourish. Performance anxiety is a coach’s worst enemy simply because it can have a negative impact both mentally and physically on athletes. The mastery approach to coaching is a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to promote a mastery-involving motivational climate (Smith, Smoll, Cumming, 2007). How a coach handles his athletes is essential for their confidence and ability to overcome any level of performance anxiety. Critical or punitive feedback from coaches can evoke high levels of negative affect in children who fear failure and disapproval, thereby contributing to a threatening athletic environment (Smith, Smoll, Cumming, 2007).
Now facing the most difficult portion of this expedition, Frodo and his loyal counterpart Sam have finally arrived to Mordor, the resting place of the evil Sauron. As Frodo and Sam get stuck in an overabundance of orcs, they improvise and find some orc armor to disguise themselves in high hopes they would not get noticed by the orcs on their way to war. They get scrunched into the group, but now that they are fitting in with the rest of them they need to find a way out without getting noticed. The two start fighting and wiggle their way out of the group and head on their way to Mount Doom. Almost to the top of the mountain Frodo begins to get weaker and weaker but he knows he needs to get rid of the ring or else it will get into the wrong hands and all bad will break loose. Frodo shows coping with difficult times by the strength of the ring, the ring motivates him to complete his duty. Then Gollum comes along thinking he will get ahold of the ring and become powerful once again. Frodo gets tempted by the ring, and slips it on his finger becoming invisible, hoping that he can escape Gollum and his attraction to the ring.In such a difficult time Frodo manages to overcome the strength of the ring and push Gollum and the ring into the lava of Mount
middle of paper ... ... But by the end, according to Frodo, “I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved”, though it most certainly bears some scars of its own. The Shire not only represents the hobbits’ home, but the reader’s too, this creates a love between the reader and the Shire, therefore the driving force behind the hobbits’ actions, becomes the reader’s too. The different types of love present in The Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit as well, are constantly being shown as the impetus behind all things that eventually lead to the demise of Sauron. These examples start off simple, a love for a friend, one’s homeland, a leader, but they result in saving Middle Earth and it’s people from the theft of their free will and the dominion of Sauron.
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The two Hobbits set off on a journey in which they meet up with others that join them on their journey such as Gimli the "Dwarf", Legolas the "Elven" archer, Boromir a "Human" tracker, Aragorn the heir to the "Human" throne, two more "Hobbits" Merry, Pippin and the powerful "Wizard" Gandalf. They travel across "Middle Earth" fighting off many "Orcs" and "Black Riders" which are in search of the ring by the orders of the powerful evil "Wizard" Sauron. During their quest, they encounter many ambushes by the "Orcs" which they overcome and usually slay. In some of the ambushes, Frodo uses his ring to become invisible to escape from the "Orcs" and "Black Riders".
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Meanwhile Sam chases the tarantula back to the lair of Ungoliant, the Queen of Spiders, and after a tense argument about the nature of good and evil she finally reveals to Sam the cure for the spider's-venom which holds Frodo in thrall. Sam thanks Ungoliant for her mercy and wisdom and revives Frodo, and they set off into Mordor to find Gollum. "Oft help will come from the weak when the Wise are foolish," Gandalf once said, and sure enough all the spiders of Mordor are willing to help Frodo and Sam in their quest. Their course leads them to Mount Doom, where just as they arrive they find Gollum claiming the Ring for himself. The Dark Lord Sauron then becomes aware of them, and leaves the Dark Tower to come forth and destroy them; but just them Frodo and Sam rush Gollum and force him backwards into the Cracks of Doom. The Ring is destroyed, and without it Sauron is destroyed by the sunlight. Frodo and Sam leave the Mountain just in time to see the great armies of Aragorn and Faramir coming across the plains of Mordor to greet them.
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