Context and Lore: Published in 1954, The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien is a work of fiction written during the modern literary period. Historically, many things were happening around the time it was published, such as the Korean War, starting in 1950. Other notable events during this decade include the start of the civil rights movement in 1954, when segregation was declared illegal in the United States. , and the beginning of the space age with the launch of Sputnik I by the Russians in 1957. One work of art that The Fellowship of the Ring reminds me of is Game of Thrones, a high fantasy novel by George RR Martin. Both worlds are filled with magical creatures and deal with an alternate world heavily dependent on magic, as both universes lack access to the technology available in the real world. Composition: Some of my favorite lines appear early in the book, when Gandalf is discussing the origins of the One Ring with Frodo. The first is: “He deserves it! I dare say yes. Many who live deserve death. And some who die deserve life. Can you give it to him? So don't be too eager to dole out death in judgment. For even the wisest cannot see all the ends” (Tolkien 58). This quote opens with an interjection from Gandalf, and is soon followed by parallelism such as the phrases: “Many who live deserve death. And some who die deserve life." they have substantially identical grammatical structures: a pronoun, followed by a conjunction, two verbs and a noun. Another favorite line of mine is from a letter Gandalf wrote to Frodo, a letter of advice should Gandalf not return on the journey with him: "All that is gold glitters not, not all who wander are lost; the old man who is strong" does not wither,...... middle of paper... ...born in the shadows, where no one would have been. But one fateful day, a little Hobbit approached: Bilbo Baggins was his name. The two met and made a little bet. They continued with their game, at which Bilbo prevailed, and was soon saved; not only, I dare say, but with the Ring, that dangerous little thing. He slipped it to escape a deadly attack by fate. Unknowingly surrendering to the power within After the defeat of Smaug, he gained many treasures, but no one was king, for his precious ring Many years passed and he approached his ring. Reluctant to release it, he wanted to hold it, but let it go. , abandoning that miserable thing. It landed on Frodo, whose power he could never have imagined. Determined to destroy the One True Ring, he set out on a mission that would surely test him. Orodruin Mountain seemed so far away. But for Frodo, nothing could keep him at bay.