Rocky Road
The land was growing darker in Middle Earth, the chances of getting the Great Ring to Mt. Doom splitting the Fellowship of The ring was split after a great battle. Boromir died fighting to save Merry and Pippin, though his efforts were in vain because Merry and Pippin were taken captive by the Uruk-Hai (The orcs of Saruman) who were tacking them to Isengard where Saruman rules. After Sam convinced Frodo to let him join on his quest Sam and Frodo set off to Mt. Doom in the land of Mordor where the dark lord Sauron rules, leaving Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli witch let them with a dire decision to make. Do they go after Merry and Pippin or follow Frodo and Sam? In The Two Towers part two of J.R.R Tolkien’s hit series Lord of the Rings the author explains to the reader a great deal of what happened in the end of The Fellowship of the Ring before so the reader knows what’s happening and why they are where they are in there predicaments. People said Frodo couldn’t handle the ring why. J.R.R Tolkien teaches readers to rely on your friendships when in need, that the battle of good vs. evil never rests, and that with great perseverance you can do almost anything.
Good and evil play a great role in this book much like the movie version directed by Peter Jackson. In the book and movie Sauron of Mordor and his puppet Saruman of Isengard are the two primary enemies of the fellowship. Frodo and Sam made their own enemies along the way too like Sméagol (More formally known as Gollum) and the ring which is starting to tempt Frodo and make him weaker. Sméagol also helps Frodo and Sam get to Mordor after they captured him also in the movie. As this is happening evil is focusing more often than not on Aragorn and friends who decided to go after Merry and Pippin. On the way they got caught up helping Rohan. While protecting them on the way to Helms Deep (Rohan’s safe house) while on the way evil strike again and nearly take Aragorn’s life this is one of the few things that only happen in the movie. Afterwards a full scale attack by means of Saruman’s forces which blocked Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and all of Rohan in like the moon blocks the sun on the solstice, but like in most stories good prevailed champion and Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas lived also like the movie. Gimli almost dies though when one of the walls damaged by war collapses on top of him which worries the others deeply. The friendship between is strengthened by this near death experience
Friendship is what keeps Frodo and Sam going which is also the case with Merry and Pippin. Merry and Pippin’s friendship gives them the will to do anything. When they’re together they’re strong same as Frodo and Sam, Frodo relies on Sam’s friendship to get him through the painful times while he’s bearing the ring, Merry and Pippin on the other hand didn’t have to rely on each other as much for the reason of meting Treebeard the leader of the ents (Tree people). Treebeard mistook them for orcs so they used their knowing of each other to convince him otherwise. They only knew that because they are such good friends. Frodo had to rely on Sam to keep his cool because he was losing starting to lose his power of the ring. I think that Frodo had such a great grip over the ring for such a long time because of Sam willing him to keep going and to fight harder. Sam’s steadfastness to Frodo was great which is why I think Frodo made it so long with the ring tightening grip on Frodo’s spirit. That requires great perseverance by both Sam and Frodo.
All the characters in this story had to use perseverance at one point or another. In all the good books I’ve read and movies I’ve watched some character had to use perseverance. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas along with Rohan’s people defended Helms Deep with their lives and if it weren’t for their perseverance they wouldn’t have made through the night. Aragorn also had something almost no one else had. Hope. With the hope Gandalf would return on the morning of the fifth day still alive he fought. So he came Gandalf came and scared off all the orcs. Sam and Frodo were under a great pressure to get the ring to Mt. Doom before the war is lost and the dark times have come. There will and perseverance are what kept them moving through the dark lands even though all seemed dull there. Merry and Pippin had a hard time getting trough there time with the Uruk-Hai but with great determination they made through and destroyed Isengard. After which Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas came to Isengard only to find it in rubble for the perseverance of Merry and Pippin. This just proves that with perseverance and will you can do almost anything.
What do you think? Could Frodo have handled the ring all that time? I still believe he could have done it and he did. He defeated evil with the help of his friendship with Sam. He pushed and used all the will and perseverance he had to get the ring into Mordor. Now all he has to do is avoid the great eye and drop the ring in Mt. Doom. Not had right. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas still have to fight Mordor’s armies and protect Gondor the last stronghold of middle earth, now with the help of Merry and Pippin of course. The book was exciting to read and J.R.R Tolkien did a great job of keeping me reading and guessing the whole book. He showed the importance of friendship, perseverance and the battle of good and evil in a good book. I loved the book best I’ve read in a quite a while.
