Essay | The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

    The Company that planned to take the Ring of Power to the land of Mordor has broken apart.  Their mission was to destroy the Ring to prevent it from being used by the evil lord Sauron. Frodo Baggins went off on his own to finish the mission because the burden of the ring was bestowed upon him and no one else.  Frodo's plans changed, however, when Sam Gamgee figured out Frodo's plan and insisted on going with him. The nine in the company that had originally set out has been diminished into three groups.  Frodo and Sam have set off to destroy the ring at the mountain of fire in the middle of Mordor, Merry and Pippin have been kidnapped by Orcs and are being brought to Isengard, and Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are in search for Merry and Pippin.  Gandalf and Boromir have been the only casualties in...
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