Analysis : The Unexpected Hero In Tolkien's 'The Lord Of The Rings'

He offers him guidance and advice on many occasions. Gandalf helps to protect Frodo from outside forces and inside temptations. When Gandalf is around, Frodo feels stronger. He learns how to control the power of the ring with Gandalf’s help. Frodo faces many tests and trials along the way to Mount Doom. He is kidnapped, attacked, and imprisoned along the way. He narrowly survives many situations that would break lesser hobbits. In addition to the outward trials, he also faces the constant temptation to use the ring to gain power for himself and for others. He finds support in the travel companions that join him along the way to help him in his quest to destroy the ring. These warriors become his allies. He also meets enemies along the way. He encounters characters that want to use the ring for their own gain. His greatest enemy is Sauron, the Dark Lord who wants to get the ring so he can rule all of Middle

A true hero does not fear death or, but instead risks all that he is for what he believes to be right, moral, and just. Beowulf is an epic and tells the story of a legendary hero, conquering all obstacles as if he was immortal. Up until the end of Beowulf’s life he was constantly looking to be the hero. However, his humanity is exposed by his death. Heroes all share the characteristic of their willingness to die in their effort to accomplish their heroic act, thus making the act in itself heroic. Throughout the epic, Beowulf in many ways exhibited all the qualities and characteristics needed to be a true hero.

Bilbo Baggins is the courageous hero of this story who knows how to get out of a pickle. His quest to defeat the mighty Smog will amaze and startle you. Baggins is the hero of this story because he goes on a quest for identity. A quest for identity is not very common in books for smaller kids, but will in pre-teen and up, so this isn’t too uncommon. This is the quest to find who you are or to find a new part of your personality.

How can an author write a story which appeals to a present day audience? Richard H. Tyre published an article in 1978 that gives an answer to this very question. Tyre explains how most kids today choose to read books like the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series, and even The Wizard of Oz. An existing theory that Tyre came up with explains that each of these books, along with many others, have one thing in common: 6 plot elements. Not only do these stories contain the same 6 elements but those elements are in the same order! Tyre states that “(1) those who hunt for treasure, (2) must go alone, (3) at night, (4) and when they find it, (5) they must leave some of their blood behind, (6) and the treasure is never what they expected.” (Tyre 2). J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of The Hobbit. The Hobbit revolves around one hobbit in particular named Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo embarks on a journey with 14 others to recover a treasure that is guarded by a dragon. Along the way Bilbo faces many challenges that range from running into huge trolls, to taking part in fierce battles. Due to it’s main character hunting for treasure, facing most of the dangers alone, battling during the wee hours of the night, eventually finding the treasure, after sweating/crying/and enduring injuries, just to have the treasure revealed to him as not what he expected, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is undoubtedly a perfect example of Tyre’s 6 plot elements.

The first reason Bilbo is not a true hero is due to the lack of honorable conduct. Several times Bilbo escapes the grasp of death, but not due to bravery rather fear. If it were not for the ring, Bilbo would never have escaped Gollum, the spiders, or even Thorin. Unlike Bilbo, Beowulf is remembered not just for brave deeds, but the way in which Beowulf accomplished such deeds. Ones actions cannot justify ones means.

(Tolkien 303) Both Frodo and Beowulf accept quests that show their true limit of bravery. This is what brings both characters together and show their

Tolkien wrote the Lord of the Rings using his world which had few moments of brightness, but were clouded by the darkness of war and destruction. Tolkien served his country during World War 1 and experienced the tragedies of the new modern combat of the time. When he was able to be with his children, he was motivated to give them a better world to look at. Due to his studies in different cultures and languages he was able to create Middle Earth, a land where there are elves, orcs, dwarves, wizards, hobbits, humans, and many more mythical creatures some created by Tolkien himself. Tolkien was motivated to create a new world for his children to experience instead of the chaos filled world during their lives, and was inspired by his studies in

humble character who appeals to all. In a letter to his friend in 1913 Tolkien described his hero as explaining the wonder of Christ in religion.

First off Frodo Baggins is the main character “Lord of the Rings” he inherits the ring from his cousin who is Bilbo Baggins. Frodo is a hobbit so he is short and stout, his hair is brown and curly, and his eyes are blue. He is also well liked in the community. Frodo becomes very close with Gandalf who acts like a guardian over young frodo. Frodo takes on his quest with friends Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin took, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and a ranger named Aragorn.

Often, people do not see Frodo as the hero in The Fellowship of The Ring. Some see the hero being Aragon. He fits the more typical hero standard of strong, courageous, and strategic. Aragon can be compared to Beowulf. He is the main character, in the epic Beowulf, that Tolkien translated. An article describes Beowulf as, “He is peerlessly noble, brave, and strong. Each of his hands have a grip equal to that of thirty men. He is alone in the World” (Acocella). Both characters seem as they could take on the world by themselves. Aragon perhaps could not. He knew he was not strong enough to withstand temptation of the ring. Like Aragon, Beowulf had a weakness too. It was his ego. He would often get himself into trouble when completing tasks for

In Lord of the Rings, the hero Frodo Baggins does not have any magical powers, or is well known at all except his outstanding ability to never give up, unlike in Harry Potter who is recognized and famous. Despite his lack of heroic stature, he is well liked

"Three Rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his Dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie(Tolkien)." Master of storytelling J.R.R. Tolkien continues the lives of the fictitious creatures that he introduced in The Hobbit, in his modern classic The Fellowship of the Ring. He artfully illustrates the truths of the evil that plague the hearts of man. He tells a story of greed, destruction and how mortal men are enslaved by

The Lord of the Rings is an epic mythical masterpiece written J.R.R Tolkien. The book is split into three parts, The Fellowship of the ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. The storyline is similar to many of the classic British tales such as Odysseus or Beowulf, where a brave hero must go on a quest filled with peril to fulfill his destiny. But unlike other British tales, Frodo is not exactly the typical picture of a hero. Frodo deeply contrasts the stereotypical tall and superhuman type main character. In fact, Frodo is seemingly the opposite. Hobbits are described to be short and not usually very brave, but nonetheless, Frodo, his loyal companion Sam, and a small group of others carry out with the seemingly hopeless journey

J.R.R. Tolkien was an amazing author who had the ability to forge stories that have captivated audiences worldwide since the publishing of his first ever book. Part of this literary success comes from his astounding character development; his way of writing causes the reader to truly feel what his characters are experiencing and many a reader has cried at the death of a Tolkien character. However, if most people attempt to think of one of his characters the first ones that come to mind are males such as Aragorn and Frodo, when in all reality some of his most intriguing and subtly pivotal characters are females. Galadriel, Lúthien, Arwen, and Éowyn are four of those such women who are all individually different, although they can be

“That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. . . and it’s worth fighting for.” said Sam in the awesome trilogy Of LOTR. From cheerful evenings in a hotel to intense battles in the middle of a doomed volcanic-evil-orc-ridden land, Lord of the Rings is an exhilarating adventure through the lands of Middle Earth. The following text you all about the characters, settings, and plots throughout the LOTR.