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1. www.politico.com › news › magazineHow Lord of the Rings Shaped JD Vance’s Politics - POLITICO

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   Jul 19, 2024 · The books are, in many ways, anti-isolationist. Frodo wants to ignore the ill tidings and stay home but eventually realizes that the Shire isn’t untouched by troubles elsewhere (like, say, NATO ...

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2. www.reddit.com › r › tolkienfansHow reliable are Frodo and Bilbo as narrators? : r/tolkienfans

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   This might make them unreliable or, at least, questionable narrators for a lot of the background facts that we take as a given about the world, particularly in the Shire. Frodo and Bilbo (hereinafter FB) wrote primarily about adventures and warfare (obviously, one more than the other). They come from a rather unique position, though.

3. drmonzo.substack.com › p › men-of-the-west-tolkienMen of the West: Tolkien, Spengler, and the Modern Crisis

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   Aug 7, 2024 · The books are, in many ways, anti-isolationist. Frodo wants to ignore the ill tidings and stay home but eventually realizes that the Shire isn’t untouched by troubles elsewhere (like, say, NATO being pulled into defending Ukraine from Sauron Putin).

4. literariness.org › 2021/02/18 › analysis-of-the-lordAnalysis of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Literary ...

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   Feb 18, 2021 · In a chapter entitled “The Departure of Boromir,” book 3 begins where book 2 left off, with Aragorn still searching for Frodo as he climbs Amon Hen. He finds Frodo’s tracks heading down the hill from the high seat atop the mountain, and decides to sit in the seat before following Frodo’s tracks, but he can see nothing useful from the throne.

5. dc.swosu.edu › cgi › viewcontentFrom Isolation to Community: Frodo's Incomplete Personal ...

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   Frodo's external journey takes him from the Shire to Mount Doom and back. The personal journey that Frodo makes in The Lord of the Rings is the journey from isolation to community, a journey which is only partially complete at the end of the story. In the first chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, we are told that Bilbo had "no close friends ...

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6. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Apartheid in Tolkien: Chaucer and The Lord of the Rings ...

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   Nov 24, 2016 · Tolkien’s narrative in the first three books of The Lord of the Rings moves his central characters gradually, in the first book from the Shire and Hobbiton outward to Bucklebury, Buckland, the Old Forest, Tom Bombadil’s house, the Barrow-downs, Bree, and Weathertop; in the second book, to Rivendell, Moria, Lothlórien, and the Great River, when the company of the Fellowship splits; and in ...

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   What if Frodo did not take the ring?

   • But when Frodo is taken by orcs and Sam discovers he is still alive, he berates himself, convinced that his one duty is to stay with and protect his master. Critics have suggested that this is a case where Sam’s wrong decision resulted in unanticipated benefits: If he had not taken the ring, it would be in the hands of Sauron.

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   Is Frodo still alive?

   • But Sam is unable to catch up before the orcs have all entered the tower and have shut and locked the double doors leading into it. As book 4 ends, we know that Frodo is alive, but Sam is stranded alone outside the tower. Chapters 1–2: Pursuit to Rohan

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   Why does Sam ask Frodo about adventure?

   • Sam begins to talk about the idea of adventure and wonders what kind of tale he and Frodo are involved in. In the great old tales, Frodo says, the heroes never knew how things would turn out, and Sam agrees, saying that Beren never knew he would end up with the Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown. He was in a worse place than the hobbits are now.

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   How does Frodo identify himself and Sam?

   • Frodo identifies himself and Sam as Halflings, and he recalls to Faramir the riddle that Boromir brought to Rivendell, concerning the Sword that was Broken (which he identifies as Aragorn’s). As for Isildur’s Bane, Frodo sidesteps the question, saying that the answer to that riddle is hidden.

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   How did Frodo and Sam survive?

   • Frodo and Sam continue to sustain themselves with lembas cakes, but Gollum is not able to eat the elvish food. He is starving and craves fish. When the three of them stop to rest, Sam and Frodo agree that one of them must always be on watch, but Sam falls asleep on his watch and sleeps through the day.

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   Why does Shelob leave Frodo alone?

   • After Shelob’s attack, in fact, he feels as if he had been justified in his suspicions of Gollum all along, and when he tries to avenge himself after Gollum’s treachery, chasing him back into the tunnel, he leaves Frodo alone long enough to allow Shelob to stun his master and encase him in her web.

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8. djhdcj.substack.com › p › tolkien-and-the-rightTolkien and the Right - A Halfling's View - Substack

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   Aug 12, 2024 · “The books are, in many ways, anti-isolationist. Frodo wants to ignore the ill tidings and stay home but eventually realizes that the Shire isn’t untouched by troubles elsewhere (like, say, NATO being pulled into defending Ukraine from Sauron Putin).