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    watch you got for Christmas. Maybe it’s a ring that your uncle stole from a deranged old hobbit‚ but probably not. The Fellowship of The Ring starts off with the story of Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo was a young hobbit who went on an incredible adventure. He was accompanied by many of friends‚ including Gandalf the Grey. Bilbo had obtained a ring of incredible power from a hobbit that had lives far past his time. This hobbit was named Gollum. Bilbo stole the ring from Gollum’s layer by winning a game‚ at

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    characters experience from region to region the glamourous figures that cross through dense woods and winding rivers to guide them on their way‚ he excludes concrete religious deities as a factoring role among the adventures he has created. The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are syncretic endeavors in which Tolkien synthesizes different religious traditions into a unifying spirituality rather than infusing his world with a specific religious ideology. Tolkien pulls key religious traditions from mostly

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    Smeagol In The Two Towers

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    “What went on in his wretched heart between the pressure of the Eye‚ and the lust of the Ring that was so near‚ and his groveling promise made half in fear of cold iron‚ the hobbits did not guess” (616). Sméagol‚ also known as Gollum‚ is a living example of the corruptive nature of the Ring and how it can affect those who are most susceptible to its power. In “The Two Towers‚” we see a side to Gollum that was not evident in “The Hobbit.” He is known as Sméagol‚ and he also emanates a subconscious

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    Overcoming The Hobbits

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    In Tolkien’s book The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring‚ the Hobbits (Frodo‚ Sam‚ Pippin‚ and Merry) must go on their journey without Gandalf (the wizard) to protect them. During their journey‚ the Hobbits face many challenges that they must overcome‚ but without the help of others‚ they would not have survived. The first major challenge the Hobbits must overcome is the Old Forrest. In the Old Forest‚ the trees are “alive” and change the path the Hobbits must take several times. Frodo

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    Bilbo Character Analysis

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    side and a Baggins side. Bilbo mostly connects with Baggins side which is lazy‚ but sometimes he steps out of his comfort zone and uses his Took side. Three ways he does that is he goes on an adventure‚ Bilbo snoops around some trolls‚ and he finds a ring and takes it. The first way Bilbo steps out of is comfort zone is he goes on a adventure. Bilbo doesn’t really chose to go‚ but he does go anyway. He goes with Gandalf and the other thirteen dwarves. They go looking for the gold the Smaug the dragon

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    Good vs. Evil

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    Exam Paper 2 12 November 2012 Good vs. Evil in the Middle Earth Tolkien was clear in the books The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings that the struggle between good and evil would be never-ending. Right after the Valar vanquished Melkor‚ Sauron emerged in the Middle Earth and forged the Rings of Power to bring it all under his control. Not only do the seeds of evil continue to grow in Middle Earth‚ but also the dark conditions in which they grow continue to spread. As the sources of light

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    One of the ways he foreshadows is by creating a literary doppelganger to show what could happen if they go down the wrong path. Smeagols transformation into Gollum shows how easily people can be corrupted by power. When Bilbo and Gollum were playing a game of riddles‚ Bilbo said a riddle about daisies and Gollum “brought up memories of ages and ages and ages before‚ when he lived with his grandmother in a hole by a river‚” (71) but when he found The Ring he was corrupted by power

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    When I started reading The Lord of The Rings book 1 I thought that of a calm story about the travels of Mr.Frodo Baggins. Mr.Frodo Baggins is the main character of the novel The Lord of The Rings written by J.R.R Tolkien and is a fantasy world at war book. But as I read Lord of The Rings I saw the character Frodo Baggins turn from an adventurous hobbit to a great warrior and survivalist. I believe that this book is about war pointless because no matter what you lose lives and precious people

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    In the book The Hobbit‚ Tolkien uses the golden ring as symbolism‚ revealing actions‚ and inner thinking to interpret Bilbo’s drive. Do you think this “ring” will effect Bilbo in a negative or positive way? In the beginning of the book‚ the main character Bilbo Baggins was not was not much of a hero. Bilbo’s life before the ring was very besotted. He was much like the other hobbits. Comfort seaming and content. All Bilbo wanted to do was eat‚ drink‚ and smoke in his adequate wizened whole

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    Need for Speed: Nascar vs. Formula One. Nascar (National Association for Stock Car Racing) is a world apart from Formula One. Both are exceedingly popular‚ yet they lie at diverse ends of the motor sports spectrum. Most people who have an obsession with cars and racing may know about Nascar and Formula One‚ the two most respected names in motorsports today. At first glance‚ Nascar and Formula One seem very similar; however‚ a closer look reveals

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