I do not know exactly when I first watched the movies, but it was when I was a little kid. They instantly became my favorite movies. They are still my favorite movies. I tried to read the books when I was in sixth grade, but I did not understand them, so I quit. This school year I decided that it was time for me to read them. I could not just start with The Fellowship Of The Ring, though, I wanted to read the two books that took place before it: The Silmarillion and The Hobbit.
The Lord Of The Rings trilogy is about a gold ring. The ring is the One Ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron. The One Ring has immense power, and seems to have a mind of its own. Bilbo, a hobbit, found the ring in The Hobbit, and kept it for himself. In The Fellowship Of The Ring, he gave it to his nephew, Frodo. The trilogy chronicles the journey of the fellowship (Aragorn, Legolas, Gandalf, Gimli, Samwise, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, and Boromir) to destroy the ring before Sauron can discover its whereabouts and reclaim it.
J.R.R. Tolkien used vivid imagery in these books, as well as beautiful metaphors and similies. A quote from The Two Towers that uses these is "Suddenly through a rent in the clouds behind them a shaft of sun stabbed down. The falling showers gleamed like silver, and far away the river glittered like a shimmering glass." I really like his writing style.
The books really spoke to me. They were wonderfully well written. I immersed myself in these books, and when I finished reading the last book, The Return Of The King, I wasn't sure what to do next. I recommend you read The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. And if you want to explore the creation of Middle-earth (where the books take place) and its inhabitants, you should also read The Silmarillion.
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Yellow = Personification
Blue = Metaphor
Red = Alliteration
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