The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien is a fantasy novel that follows the adventures of a group characters on their journey to destroy the One Ring. The Lord of the Rings is a novel meant for adults‚ rather than being aimed at children. The novel contains a large amount of detail that is crucial to the understanding of the plot or storyline. This amount of detail is necessary in the story‚ in order to convey the tone of the novel. The story itself is not particularly gruesome or frightening
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are those who had found and explored their special combination of “signature strengths”. For example; humanity‚ temperance and persistence. Seligman concludes that happiness has three dimensions that can be refined: the Pleasant Life‚ the Good Life‚ and the Meaningful life. According to psychologist Peter Kramer‚ happy people cultivate resilience. He believes that resilience is the opposite of depression. Happy people know very well how to recover from the failure. Resilience is like padding for the
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For centuries‚ religion has been a focal point in people’s lives; religion was used as a reason for the Crusades. As time passes‚ religion has become less of a focus in everyday life as people are “losing their religion;” people are now becoming atheists and agnostics. However‚ religion still seems to appear in literature. In books written by J.R.R. Tolkien‚ the subject of religion is never actually said‚ but is alluded to at many times. In writing The Silmarillion‚ Tolkien created his own mythology
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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
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containing cats; we saw an adorable three-legged cat‚ a beautiful calico cat‚ and some cute white kittens. We then came upon a cage containing a small white and black cat named Ring Leader. Ring Leader was 5 months old at the time. He was lightly shedding‚ climbing over the shelter worker‚ and feverishly looking around. Ring Leader seemed like an energetic and fun cat‚ so I chose
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"One ring to rule them all‚ one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."(8) Quite an interesting line for the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The trilogy of The Lord of the Rings is based in a struggle between good and evil‚ courage and friendship‚ not leaving the humanity behind. A world made by Tolkien‚ real enough to live not only in his mind‚ but also in ours. Middle Earth‚ a place ruled by elves‚ dwarves‚ and humans. A place where some
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In the book‚ Tolkien depicts the idea that the more technology you have‚ the more powerful you are. The One Ring is the greatest source of technology and control all throughout Middle Earth‚ given that it was made to control the less powerful rings that exist. After Sauron’s foiled plot against taking control the elves‚ three rings were hidden for the Elven-kings‚ seven were given to the Dwarf-lords‚ and nine were left for human men‚ who later turned into the Dark Riders. This particular example
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Introduction I have been many years training in the Way of strategy‚ called Ni Ten Ichi Ryu‚ and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time. It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). I have climbed mountain Iwato of Higo in Kyushu to pay homage to heaven‚ pray to Kwannon‚ [God(dess) of mercy in Buddhism. - Slaegr] and kneel before Buddha. I am a warrior of Harima province‚ Shinmen Musashi No Kami Fujiwara No Genshin‚ age sixty
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Essays‚ Not Rants! 173: But What Does It All Mean? When The Lord of The Rings was first published there was a lot of talk about its relation to the second World War. It got to the point that in the foreword to a later edition‚ Tolkien explicitly said that no‚ it was not in any way an allegory of World War Two. Tolkien wasn’t a huge fan of allegories‚ to the point where he usually considered them detrimental to the story (and also the biggest flaw of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe)
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2 texts that resemble a journey in different ways and text types. My prescribed text is Touching the void. Touching the void is a docudrama composed by director Kevin McDonald. And my chosen text is the book Lord of the rings by author J.R.R Tolkien. The book of lord of the rings‚ consists of many mini journey. Both these texts outline the main points of the concept journey. Touching the void is about a pair of climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates‚ who go on a expedition up the treacherous Siula
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