Due to a whole new world being formed and the closeness of detail paid to the smallest detail the story and the world created the story is very convincing. The setting suits the story perfectly and is a major part in it.
The theme of this book is courage. Its puts this forward through Frodo, Sam, Pippen and Merry, the four hobbits. The danger which these four take on are always referred to in the book and they are grand but because they are doing what is right they take on the challenge which will effect the future of the entire Middle-earth. The four show courage by accepting the perils that they will surely face and taking on the responsibility of the future of their world. .
The main characters of this story are the nine that are chosen for the fellowship and they come from five different races. The races, which are represented, are hobbits, men, elves, dwarves and wizards. The majority of the nine are hobbits with four out of the nine. The hobbits names are Frodo, who is the cousin of Bilbo Baggins who was the first hobbit to posses the ring, Sam, Pippin and Merry, who are Frodo's friends. The men in the story are Aragorn (Strider) and Boromir who are both of very high lineage. Aragorn is the rightful King of Gondor. Boromir's father is the Steward of Gondor and Minas Tirith. Legolas represents the elvish race and comes from Mirkwood. He is a fantastic archer. Gimli represents the Dwarves in the fellowship and Gandalf represents the wizards. Gandalf is a very old, very wise and very powerful wizard.
Frodo is the main character in the book by far. When Bilbo adopted him as his cousin he did not know that this meant he would have to go on such an adventure as this. He draws much compassion from the readers for this as well as his courage which is best portrayed when he is stabbed by one of the Ringwraiths which is almost certain to kill even the strongest of men but he fights it and eventually returns to normal.