... to a close, ending with "balance- coming back into the world. This of course is being presented just before the "darkness- is defeated with the "light- being victorious. Although never explicitly stating the actual names of characters and events that take place, Zeppelin describes them in such a way as to parallel many particular aspects of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, proving that the influence of this song was both the plot and the characters from the novels. First ... and foremost, the title of the song is called "The Battle of Evermore,"" The Battle of (two different sides fightin...

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... "takes Gandalf's life", hence adding an entertaining twist to the Lord of the Rings. Another entertaining element of the trilogy is when the fellowship first encounters the Black Riders. "The black shadow stood close to the point where they had left the path, and it swayed from side to side. Frodo thought he heard the sound of snuffling. The shadow bent to the ground, and then began to crawl towards him." This ... as entertaining. In a deeper sense literature can be viewed to reflect truths about the real world. This is even more evident in the genre of allegory. In the Lord of the Rings...

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... The war between good and evil is never ending because people will always give into dark temptations and desires. Some people just don't have the will power to keep those feelings hidden, and while there are people doing things that are wrong, there are people here who are going to attempt to correct it. "The Lord of the Rings glimpses the cosmic and moves with the thought of all men concerning the ... fate of human life ... and efforts- (Thomson, 335). The good people in The Lord of the Rings all get together and fight for just one cause, the right to live in freedom without tyrannical ...

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... J.R.R Tolkien published the first book in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, in 1954 he broke ground and paved the way for fantasy all the way to the twenty-first century -- a century that still holds Tolkien's works on a glorious pedestal that stands far and above those in his shadow. The complexity of Tolkien's writing rules out a detailed overview of the entire hero's quest through what is called "Middle Earth". The essence of Tolkien's trilogy can ... . In the ending of The Hobbit, Bilbo passes the ring onto his heir, Frodo. At the beginning of The Fellowship of the Rings, the first book...

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... just finished his canoe, and took the raccoon on a day long trip up the river that the stream flowed into a larger river near by. He reached a lake and went to a shore. He gave the raccoon the decision to leave, and when Rascal heard the cooing of a female, he took the opportunity. This was my favorite book so far except for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The writer was very descriptive and explained things ... . He made it interesting while the reader can learn about a raccoon. There are many other things he teaches in ... this book while it is still in a story, like when it is ok to h...

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