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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings. By Joey Segars. Table of Contents. What the Lord of the Rings is about. Why the books are so popular. Where the story takes place. When the story takes place. Who the characters are. How long the books have been in print. Reference.

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The Lord of the Rings

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  1. The Lord of the Rings By Joey Segars

  2. Table of Contents • What the Lord of the Rings is about. • Why the books are so popular. • Where the story takes place. • When the story takes place. • Who the characters are. • How long the books have been in print. • Reference

  3. What the Lord of the Rings is about. • It’s about four hobbits who go on a quest. • They go with eight other people to destroy a ring. • The ring was once owned by Sauron. • It needs to be cast into Mount Doom. • If Sauron gets it, then Middle-Earth will be no more.

  4. Why the books are so popular • The books are very complex. • Some people say that the characters “come alive”. • They can feel the character’s emotions.

  5. Where the story takes place • The story takes place in Middle-Earth. • There are many types of races in Middle-Earth. • There are Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs,and Ents. • There are also Balrogs, Dragons, and Hobbits. • Middle-Earth has mountains, rivers, cities,etc. that are weirdly named.

  6. Where the story takes place • The races all speak The Common Speech. • The races also have their own languages. • Some examples are Taur e-Ndaedelos, michel, and orch. • These mean ‘forest of the great fear’, ‘great’, and ‘orc’.

  7. When the story takes place • At the end of the third age. • There are four ages. • First age, Second age, Third age, and Fourth age. • In the fourth age, men will dominate all.

  8. Who the characters are • Frodo Baggins • Bilbo Baggins • Gimli son of Gloin • Aragorn- the future high king of Gondor • Gandalf the Wizard • Saruman the Wizard

  9. Who the characters are • Legolas the Elf • Galadrial • Celeborn • Merry • Pippin • Samwise • King Theoden of Rohan • King Denethor of Gondor

  10. Who the characters are • Eomund • Eowyn • Treebeard • Borimir • Wormtongue • Gollum

  11. How long the books have been in print • They were originally published in 1954-1955. • There have been many edited versions of the books. • They are still coming out with edited books today.

  12. Reference • www.thelordoftherings.com • www.tolkienonline.com • www.barrow-downs.com • www.inext.com • www.spiderspace.com

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