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Post 14 - The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien

Comparison of The Fellowship of the Ring (Book) to the The Fellowship of the Ring (Movie):

The movie titled, The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson does not go as depth as the book about the idea of destiny. In fact, the foreshadowing of the fall of the Great Evil and the rise of the new king, Aragorn, is little to none. In the book titled, The Fellowship of the Ring, by JRR Tolkien, the rise of Aragorn is greatly foreshadowed. From the moment that the reader is introduced to Aragorn by Gandalf, the wise wizard, the reader is confronted with the first of many foreshadowing lines that describe of the rise of Aragorn. One example of these foreshadowing lines is easily seen as Elrond introduces Aragorn to Boromir as, “Aragorn son of Arathorn… and he is descended through many fathers from Isildur Elendil’s son of Minas Ithil” (240). If the reader has paid special attention to the lineage of nobility, the reader can predict that Aragorn, descendant of Minas Ithil, would be the next “prophesized King of Middle Earth”(212).

Why is one drawn to Fantasy Worlds? What properties or qualities do these worlds posses that make them so captivating to one?

Perhaps, one of the properties that Fantasy Worlds posses that make them so appealing is the idea of Destiny. In The Fellowship of the Ring, by JRR Tolkien, Aragorn, a lone forest ranger, is destined to become the next “prophesized King of Middle Earth”(212). The idea of destiny is clear through the prophecies and many other foreshadowing events through the course of the book. This is an attractive quality because in the world today where nothing is as easily predicted and nothing is certain, one may look for something to turn to for a sense of reassurance and confidence. This sense of reassurance can be found in the idea of Destiny and in a Fantasy World.

A Fantasy World that has Destiny, therefore, is a truly captivating world.