The Power of Hope and Courage: Even in the darkest of times, hope and courage can prevail. The Fellowship's journey is a testament to the power of these qualities, as they face seemingly insurmountable odds.

HOPE

The Importance of Friendship and Loyalty: The bond between the Fellowship members is a central theme of the story. Their loyalty and friendship sustain them throughout their perilous quest.

LOYALITY

The Corruption of Power: The One Ring serves as a powerful symbol of the corrupting influence of absolute power. Its allure leads to greed, obsession, and ultimately, destruction.

POWER

The Preservation of Nature and Wilderness: The beauty and importance of the natural world are emphasized throughout the story. The Elves, in particular, embody a deep connection to nature and strive to protect it.

PRESERVATION

The Enduring Nature of Good and Evil: The battle between good and evil is an eternal struggle. The Lord of the Rings explores this conflict on a grand scale, showing that even in the face of overwhelming darkness, good can ultimately triumph.

GOOD

A young Hobbit must journey to the fiery depths of Mordor to destroy the One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Includes the 50th anniversary fully corrected text setting and an extensive new index"An extraordinary work -- pure excitement." -- New York Times Book ReviewOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was in the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but while he studied classic works of the past, he was creating a set of his own. For information on other books by and about J.R.R. Tolkien published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, visit www.lordoftheringstrilogy.com."

PURANA PEN 's Key Ideas from The Lord of the Rings
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

HOPE

LOYALITY

POWER

PRESERVATION

GOOD

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