Resumo de The Lord Of The Rings

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien tells of a quest by a fellowship of adventurers to destroy a magic ring before it can be used for evil again, as it once was a millennia before.

It is divided into three books, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

Tolkien also wrote companion works to this novel, most notably the Silmarillion, which can be viewed as the creation myth or ?Bible? of Middle Earth (the fictional world in which the adventure takes place) and The Hobbit, an introductory work to the race of diminutive, man-like creatures who form the core of Lord of the Rings. For purists, or for the complete experience of Tolkien?s work, these two books should be read before embarking on the main novel.

Briefly, the Fellowship of the Ring follows the journey of Frodo Baggins and his companions from the land of the Hobbits, ?The Shire?, to Rivendell, a city of Elves, and then on to the fringes of Rohan, where the Hobbits Frodo and his gardener, Sam, split company with their companions

Book Two, The Two Towers, deals with Frodo and Sam?s introduction to Gollum, a wizened Hobbit sent mad by his desire to regain the magic ring he once possessed. In a separate story strand, the other members of the fellowship journey to Rohan, a land of fair-haired, horse-riding warriors, and there do battle at a fortress known as Helm?s Deep with an army raised by Saruman, an evil wizard under the control of Sauron, who once wielded the magic ring in the far distant past.

The Return of the King sees the magic ring destroyed in its place of manufacture, the volcano Mount Doom, by Frodo and Sam. Sauron?s huge army of men and beasts is released from their magical bondage, and Sauron?s influence in the world is put to an end.

Tolkien was a linguist, and an expert in mythology. His aim, in creating Lord of the Rings, was to give Great Britain a mythology it never had. In truth, all ancient societies have myths, but if they are not written down and there is a broken lineage of oral tradition (storytelling) these legends can be forgotten over time.
Middle Earth is supposed to represent a mythical prehistoric past.

There are myriad influences on his work. The majority of his writing took place from the 1930?s through to the 1950?s, a time of war and change, and many events of the period are reflected in this book. The Shire, for instance, represents an idealized England, all rolling hills and patchwork fields, where peace is shattered by the machinations of an evil enemy from foreign lands. This is clearly a reference to World War Two, and Hitler?s rise to power. The Riders of Rohan are straight out of Norse legends, but they could be said to represent the spirit of an England roused to glorious action in the face of adversity (another WW2 influence, perhaps).

But then we must consider the Elves, folkloric figures with a long history in several European societies, in this book given a fully-rounded language and culture. This is Tolkien the linguist at work. He creates a beautiful, lyrical language of song with a memory as old as Middle-Earth itself. The history of the Elves is written about at some length in the Silmarillion, and it is clear Tolkien loves his creation. Perhaps they represent for him the intellectual side of humanity, a pure, spiritual side, stripped of all man?s base desires and failings.

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