Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of Book Report

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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Lord of the Rings

The Balance of Power in the Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has many themes found on its pages, one of the most important being the concept of power and its allures to all those who live in Middle-Earth. Throughout the story, different characters are mentioned who want the Ring for themselves, for the Ring possesses a great power. As Gandalf explains to Frodo, the Ring is "far more powerful than I ever dared to think at first, so powerful that in the end it would utterly overcome anyone of mortal race who possessed it. It would possess him." The Fellowship of the Ring shows us that power -- especially great power -- has the tendency to corrupt even the most innocent of hobbits and most strong-willed of men. No one is safe from the allures of power.

The Fellowship of the Ring follows Frodo Baggins, a simple-living hobbit whose cares in Middle-Earth are limited to the Shire. When Gandalf, a family friend and a powerful wizard, gives him a strange ring to keep safe, Frodo's world gets turned upside down. Instead of looking forward to friendly visits in his hobbit home in the Shire, Frodo must watch the shadows and hide from the monsters out to steal the One Ring. Confused and scared, Frodo is sent off on a journey with three of his hobbit friends, in search of a man who could possibly help Frodo in his quest.
This adventure takes Frodo on a perilous journey to Rivendell, the home of the elves; there, he realizes that his quest is not over. With a fellowship of nine warriors -- including three hobbits, two humans, an elf, a dwarf, and a wizard -- Frodo must face a more dangerous path: to rid Middle-Earth of the One Ring by casting it to the fires of Mount Doom. The problem with this is that Mount Doom is in the very heart of Mordor, where the evil Sauron -- forger of the One Ring -- watches and waits for his creation to return….....

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