Concerning the Lord of the Rings
Written in 1954 by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, “The Lord of the Rings” is a 1137 paged high fantasy epic that is one of the top selling books of all time and has even spawned three award winning movie. “The Lord of the Rings” is a sequel written after the success of his first book, “The Hobbit”. The Lord of the Rings follows the tale of a hobbit named Frodo and the perilous journey he must undertake in order to save Middle Earth. In this paper I will explain details about this journey, the history of the author, the creation of this story, what influenced this story, and the influences that this story has created.
History of the Author
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He studied at Oxford and was…show more content… Though powerful in their own rights, they are weaker than the Valar and even though they were many Maiar, only Gandalf, Tilion, Eönwë, Radagast, Saruman, Alatar, Pallando, Arien, Sauron, Durin's Bane, Tu, Uinen, and Ungoliant are ever named. Each one of the Maiar serve a particular Valar, for instance before Gandalf became an Istari (a wizard) he and all the other 5 wizards were Maiar and thus they served different Valar. Gandalf served Nienna The Lady of Mercy and she had taught him wisdom and pity
Gandalf the Gray, a former Maiar, is one of the five wizards sent to middle earth to help fight off Sauron. The other two wizards mention in The Lord of the Rings and in The Hobbit is Saruman the White, who later betrays the Order of Wizards to work for Saruman and Radagast the brown, who had a love for beasts and birds. The other two wizards are known as blue wizards. They move out to the far east of middle earth and they do not appear to have played a role during War of the…show more content… They are immune to diseases and they also are immortal, in the sense that they will not die of old age but they can be killed by through other means such as weapons. They prefer to the make their homes in forests or near riversides as they have a love for nature unmatched by those of any other race of Arda. Their skill with the bow is unparalleled to the other people of Arda; this could be due to the fact that the first Valar they met was Oromë lord of the forest and hunting. By the third age, the age in which The Lord of the Rings takes place, most of the elves had already left middle earth to live in the undying lands, for they knew that the time of the elves were over and that the age of men was to
