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The simmering continues with the heat rising as the white wisps are blown through the insufferable warm air while Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins’ ragged attire pools in sweat as they scale Mount Doom. It’s fiery river flows as Frodo approaches; he is attacked by the vile creature Gollum, who latches his corroded teeth around…

Well known fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien has his own opinions of fantasy writing, therefore, in his writings he explicitly follows his beliefs. Tolkien believed that fantasy writing should be captivating and as though the reader themselves were inside the fantasy land. In other words, he strongly believed that fantasy writing should be immersive which he…

This is seen in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings through the interactions between its characters because of the personal motive of one of the characters to reach a certain outcome. In The Lord of the Rings, the elvish character of Elrond has the power over his daughter Arwen to decide whom and when…

Oftentimes where there are deep connections between a variety of different factors the entirety of the system falls apart because of the ties between the elements when the center of the system falls. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the Ring otherwise known as the “One Ring” has deep connections to Sauron and…

When looking at an overview of high fantasy stories, the saving of one group by their allies is a recurring theme, therefore, J.R.R. Tolkien utilizes this theme within his novel The Lord of the Rings. Within the fifth book of his novel, a large battle is occurring between the dark forces of Sauron and those…

The responsibility one generation feels towards the next is a common phenomenon, therefore, it is brought up in philosophical readings along with high fantasy novels. Like that of Roger Scruton’s How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for Environmental Conservatism and in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. In both of these,…

The idea of having a “god complex” is an all too familiar concept, therefore that same idea is brought up in Lord of the Rings by the character of Saruman. In book three of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, the characters that the book centers around are split into separate groups. Frodo and Sam…

When imagining the significance of a mirror, most readers jump to the conclusion that its meaning is to reflect one’s personal self, therefore it is a surprise to readers that the Mirror of Galadriel allows for more than a personal reflection. In chapter seven, of book two of the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R…

When the thought of something controlling one’s life, it is assumed not to be done in secret, however this isn’t always the case, therefore in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Shoshanna Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism a prominent theme is control an entity has in the shadows. In Lord of the Rings,…

Iron fills the air, and the pungent smell of blood encompasses the room, the room once full of laughter, now full of screams and incoherent words, like the combination of hundreds of languages. A bear and tiger ravage the room, attacking whoever gets in their way, including Professor Filostrato, who manages to scramble out of…