Summary of Major Works

Throughout J.R.R. Tolkien's life, he wrote many well known novels. His most well known novels are that of his The Lord of The Ring series. Of the Lord of The Rings series there are four books: The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings the Fellowship of The Ring, The Lord of The Rings The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings the Return of the King. From these four, the last three are more well known due to the movie trilogy that portrayed the books, however I am going to summarize all four of the books.
The Hobbit: In The Hobbit, "Tolkien's central character, Bilbo Baggins, embarks on a heroic quest to find a lost treasure" (Quazen). Bilbo encounters many mythical creatures and beasts along the way. The white wizard Gandalf encourages Bilbo to help out twelve other dwarves to help them find his treasure. Along the way, after the dwarves are forced to take shelter in a cave over-ridden by goblins, Bilbo discovers the magical ring. Bilbo then travels with the dwarves to the town of Esgaroth where they kill the magical dragon, take his treasure, and befriend the elves as they all fight the goblin army.
The Fellowship of the Ring: In this book, many different things occur. Bilbo struggles to give over the ring to Frodo, his nephew. The ring is the only remaing ring of the once famous kings of Mordor. The ring must be destroyed due to its overwhelming power and because King Sarumon is attempting to obtain the ring in any ways possible. In the end, Frodo meets many new people such as Aragon and Legolas whom all help him. This book ends with Frodo and his friend, Sam, fighting off Soron's orcs in a forest and then heading down the river to continure their journey. His other campanions are seperated from the pact.
The Two Towers: Frodo and Sam continue their treacherous journey as the meet up with Gollum, the original founder of the ring from The Hobbit. They continue their journey to Mordor, the volcano the ring was originally cast in. The other members of the group are making allies with other towns as they are gathering troups to fight Sarons evil orc army. This nook ends with Sam chasing after a group of orcs who have taken Frodo after he was stung by an enormous spider when Same, Frodo, and Gollum were travelling through a secret entry way to Mordor.
The Return of the King: In the last chapter of the four part series, Frodo and Sam succeed in their journey of destroying the ring by reaching Mordor after many treacherous attempts of facing orcs and other creatures. Gollum bites the ring off Frodo's finger and falls into the pit of doom where the ring is destroyed and King Saron dies as well as his army begins to fall apart. As Frodo and Sam are doing this, Aragon and the other companions eventually reach Minas Tirith, the location of Mordor, where they demand King Saramon surrenders, however, after fighting for quite a while, King Saron and Saramon die from the ring being destroyed. In the end, they return to their home where Sam marries a beautiful hobbit, and Frodo and his uncle Bilbo ride off with elves to a place where people go when they tire of the earth.

----------"The burned hand teaches the best"
-J.R.R. Tolkien (Thinkexist)

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