Eálá Earendel engla beorhtast;
Ofer middangeard monnum sended,
which meant something like:
Hail Earendel brightest of angels,
over Middle Earth sent to men.
(Doughan, 2017)
Middle Earth means in this verse the world that lies between heaven and earth.
These lines were the beginning of the fantasy world of Tolkien.
World War I
By the time war broke out in 1914, Tolkien did not rush to train to go to the front like so many others. Instead, he returned to Oxford and finally, after hard work, achieved a first-class degree in June 1915. But not only did he study, he was still developing new languages and attempted to write various poems. Moreover, Tolkien was especially focusing on the advancement of a language that later came to be called Quenya, which was heavily influenced and based on Finnish.
Eventually, Tolkien enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers but did not embark for the front for several months. During this time, he worked on his ideas of Earendil and his journeyings. And by the time Tolkien had to embark for France, he and Edith, who later came to be the inspiration for Luthien, married in Warwick on 22 March 1916.
After four months on active service on the Western Front, during the Somme Offensive, Tolkien fell ill to the so-called trench fever, which was common in the unsanitary circumstances. This caused him to be sent back early; he would return early November and spent the next month hospitalized, until Christmas, when he had sufficiently recovered and stayed with Edith in their house at Great Haywood in Staffordshire.
Books
His experiences during WWI caused and inspired him to write down more stories, which eventually resulted in the Book of Lost Tales. The first airing of one of the stories in Lost Tales, was during his time working as Assistant Lexicographer on the new English Dictionary. He later worked as an Assistant professor at the University of Leeds, and amid this time, he continued working on the Lost Tales and his fictitious Elvish languages.
In 1925 he got accepted as professor of Old-English at Oxford, in a way, Tolkien had come home again. Although his scientific publications remained scarce, he did raise interest with his reading Beowulf, the Monsters and the Critics. And Other Essays. In 1945, he started working at the Merton Professorship of English Language and Literature, where he taught inter alia undergraduates.
After his daughter was born, in 1929, Tolkien began writing letters to his children, as is from Santa Claus, some of which was published in 1976 as the Father Christmas letters. Apart from this, he had the habit of telling his children bedtime stories
Tolkien’s social life may be far more interesting than his academic life and publications, for he was one of the founder members of the so-called “Inklings”, a grouping of Oxford friends with similar interests. One of the members of this group was C.S. Lewis, who became one of Tolkien’s closest friends.
Throughout everything, he continued developing his mythology and languages. And, one day, he found himself with the soul-destroying task of marking papers. He discovered that one student had left one-page blank, and without knowing what and why he wrote down:
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit“(Tolkien, 2001, p. 10).
And thus, the beginning of the Hobbit was born.
From this first sentence, would grow a tale he told to his younger children, and he later gave an incomplete typescript to an employee of a publishing firm, who asked him to finish it. And indeed, in 1937 it was published as the Hobbit. The book was an immediate success and Tolkien gave a tale from the Silmarillion, the tale of Beren and Luthien to his publisher as well, but he got the advice to write a “new Hobbit”, Tolkien at first was a bit disappointed, but he did take up the challenge to write another book.
This came to be The Lord of the Rings, a highly complex story, published in three parts, the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers and The Return of the King.
The books got mixed reactions, ranging from ecstatic to damning.
The most notable adaptation of the Lord of the Rings, are the three same titled movies directed by Peter Jackson, released in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Apart from his academic publications, under which The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays, and of course translations of Middle English works, Tolkien published one more Middle-earth related work, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. All the other books, the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, and the last, most lengthy and complex one, History of Middle-earth, which was published in 12 volumes, were edited and published by his third son, Christopher.
Last years
After Tolkien retired from his final post at Oxford in 1959, the couple moved to Bournemouth. Edith died on 29 November 1971, Ronald returned to Oxford, living to his death on 2 September 1973 in a room at the campus.
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Description of characters
Lord of the Rings is a work of fantasy and it contains a wide variety of creatures and characters, this includes that many of the characters are human-like but not actually human. First of all, we would like to address the characteristics but also the similarities and differences between the main human-like species.
Men:
In the universe of the lord of the Rings, men are the second of the significant beings to be created by the supreme god. Men are characterised by their mortality which means that they get older as time passes on and illness can befall them, this can be seen as a curse, but also as a gift of course. Because of their mortality men were meant to rule Middle-earth. As far as looks go, ordinary men in Lord of the Rings are very similar to what we are used to in our world, but where we have one main species of men (homo sapiens) Lord of the Rings has five, one of them being Hobbits which we will discuss later on.
Elves:
Elves are the first born and actually the most elegant of species. Elves do not age and they cannot die from any kind of illness, they can be slain in battle though. Most of the elves are agile, slim and pretty to look at, they also have quite a lot of strength compared to their size. Sharp ears and long straight hair in several different colours are some other things that distinguish men from elves. Over-all elves are not that busy with human affairs but are rather into nature and the healing aspect of it. Some elves are also known to use telepathy as a means of communication.
Dwarves:
Dwarves were also brought into being by a god, but not the same one as men and elves. In general, dwarves are not that tall, but solid as a brick and almost all of them have facial hair. Another thing that characterises them is their work ethic, building underground and making lots of armour and weapons to show their great craftsmanship. Delving for gold and other treasures is yet another thing they do, because of that other people may call them greedy at times. These hard-working folks have achieved many great things and are proud of it too.
Hobbits:
The smallest of the bunch for they rarely grow over a metre in height, called halflings because of that and not to be mistaken for dwarves. Believed to be a species of men, although we are not one hundred per cent sure. Other humanoids do not really take great interest in them and for a long time, others did not even know hobbits existed, mainly because these little people are quite shy. Hobbits like to dig holes and live in them. Another main characteristic of hobbits is that they actually never wear shoes or something that resembles a shoe. Despite them being not as impressive as the other folks they actually play the most important part in the lord of the Rings universe.
Orcs:
Originally elves, but mutilated in a way that changed their skins to a brown-greenish colour, also made them shorter and heavier built than elves. Orcs were bred to be quite the cruel creatures they are the bad guys in the story used by Sauron and Saruman as main infantry because they are easy to manipulate and eager to fight at all times.
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Frodo Baggins:
Frodo Baggins, a hobbit and the real main character in Lord of the Rings. He is the son of Drogo and Primula Baggins, but adopted by Bilbo Baggins, his uncle, because Frodo's parents died early. Throughout the book, he is in his thirties, which is barely adult for hobbit standards. Frodo is the responsible kind of guy as he wants to take the burden of being a ring bearer, it is a huge responsibility because the enemy will only go after him. During the story he states, more than once that he does not want his friends to go with him on the journey that lied ahead: Tolkien (2004) ‘'but this would mean exile, a flight from danger into danger, drawing it after me. And I suppose I must go alone If I am to do that and save the Shire.'' (p. 82). the fact that he wants to keep his friends out of this makes him pretty social, but at the same time, he is afraid and maybe a little unwise because he does not want to share things that are troubling him. At times Frodo can get desperate and in response, he will some kind of sarcastic joke.
Sam/ Samwise Gamgee:
Frodo’s best friend and calls him his master, also a hobbit. The first thing you will notice about Sam is his persistence when it comes down to helping friends, he will literally die before he stops caring and is almost always suspicious when it comes down to the intentions of unknown strangers. He is also very brave as he will be the first one to face danger whenever he can. A quick joke Is not rare either for this personality. Besides caring for his people, he is also very fond of animals especially his pony Bill, Tolkien (2004) ‘’in the last few days the beast had improved wonderfully; it already seemed fatter and stronger and had begun to show affection for his new masters, especially Sam.’’ (p. 260) and also Tolkien (2004) “sam burst into tears, and fumbled with the straps, unloading all the pony's packs.'' (p. 396), in the last quote, Sam has to say goodbye to the pony. Some think Sam is the real MVP and not Frodo because he is more of the hero type.
Pippin/ Peregrin Took:
Another friend of Frodo and a hobbit, he is a bit of a whiner and not as brave as the likes of Sam or Aragorn. He will believe a lot of things you say to him and is also a little younger than the previously named hobbits. Particularly in the movies you will notice that Pippin is a tad bit impatient and clumsy, when the hobbits arrive in Bree and after a little while start drinking pints, instead of keeping a low profile, Pippin starts rambling about what happened in the Shire with Bilbo vanishing in front of everybody in the pub, this is one of the many examples.
Merry/ Meriadoc Brandybuck:
Last of the hobbit squad and best friend of Pippin, not as outstanding as his friends. One of the few things you get to know about him is his appetite for stories, both telling them and listening to one of the many told in his company. Merry is also curious, to say the least.
Bilbo Baggins:
One of the most adventurous hobbits. Specifically, at the beginning of the book, he is quite mysterious, secretive and spends most of his time on his own. Halfway through the book he regrets finding the ring and that he has to pass it on to Frodo. He likes to write stories and later on sing them in front of a crowd, Bilbo thinks that no creature can tell a story as well as a hobbit.
Gandalf:
Looks like a man but he is more like an immortal spirit being and a wizard, most people call him wise. He has a remote appearance and when he has the opportunity he will smoke his pipe, Gandalf is the main cause of the fellowship coming together.
Strider/Aragorn:
When he first appears the hobbits call him strider, later on, they find out that Aragorn is his real name. Aragorn is a ranger, that means he knows nature and the animals in it pretty well, because of that he could escort the hobbits rather safe to their destination.
Gollum:
Gollum is a being that can’t really be described with a name, he was affected by the ring in a really sincere way, at first he was a hobbit with the name Smeagol, he and his cousin were about to swim and while swimming the cousin came across a shiny object that turned out to be the one ring. Smeagol saw the ring and killed his cousin because he wanted it so bad. Gollum is a timid creature, that is mainly because he does not want to put the ring in harm’s way. When he lost the ring to Bilbo, he went out of his mind and tried everything to get the ring back.
Legolas:
An elven prince with extremely good hearing and eyesight, he will notice threat long before anybody will even think of danger. He is a master of the bow and arrow, it is kind of his trademark. Due to his agility and extreme senses he is also very capable of delivering a blow at close quarters combat.
Gimli:
He is a dwarf, son of Gloin, he is a friendly and jolly fellow, but as most dwarves, he can be quick-tempered. He is a little taller than the hobbits and much heavier with an enormous beard. Is accompanied by Legolas to Rivendell in the movie and together join the fellowship.
Boromir:
A man, prince and warrior, he also joins the fellowship. Boromir is a good example of men’s weakness for the one ring, he wanted to steal it from Frodo, although he did not manage to do quite that and later on he regretted his weakness.
Elrond:
Elven king, lord of Rivendell.
Arwen:
Daughter of Elrond and girlfriend of Aragorn.
Sauron:
The main enemy of the Fellowship is described as the dark lord. He is hell bound on getting his one ring back to increase his power so he can rule Middle-earth.
Black riders/ Ringwraiths/ Nazgul:
They are with nine and were the men that got a ring that ultimately got control over them, in this way Sauron enslaved them to be his bodyguards. In book one they are the main threat to Frodo and his company. (the entire book consisting of two) They can’t see but when on horseback their horses can see for them. At night when the moon is full, the Nazgul are at their strongest.
Book only:
Tom Bombadil:
The happiest person you could ever come across sings one song after another and knows a lot as he probably is the oldest living being on middle earth. Helps a hand wherever and whenever he can, you only have to sing a little tune and out nowhere he will magically come as fast he can.
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Themes:
There are many, many themes to be found in The Fellowship of the ring, such as wisdom, fate, compassion and forgiveness. In fact, there are so many, I will only encounter and explain a small selection of them.
– The Corrupting Influence of Power
The first and one of the most obvious themes in the book is the corruption of Power. In the Fellowship of the Ring, we are told about the evil Sauron, and his desire to take over Middle Earth by the means of one, simple Ring, called The One Ring. This ring is a source of power, thus giving the bearer access to it. In the book, for example, Bilbo and Frodo are ‘blessed' with long life. However, the books learn us that the more attempts to claim it or use it, always eventually leads to corruption and evil, because it has been created by Sauron himself, so whatever intentions the bearer has, the ring will always turn to evil. The fellowship gives us descriptions and examples of those who suffered and are or were corrupted by the Ring. For example the Nazgûl, who were nine powerful kings who were corrupted by the ring and fell under the influence of it, resulting in them being nor alive, nor dead.
Also, Gollum was corrupted by this source of power. In his case, the influence of the ring resulted in him becoming a wretched, awful creature, hating and cherishing the ring at the same time, always wanting it to be in his possession.
Also, one member of the Fellowship could not resist the temptation of the ring. Boromir wants to take the ring from Frodo, and use it to lead Gondor to victory over Sauron.
– The Inevitability of Decline
The second theme of the book I'm going to discuss is the inevitability of Decline. In the Fellowship of the Ring, we are told that the Elves are leaving Middle Earth, thus close to the end of the age of Elves and the beginning of the Age of Men. In the history of Middle Earth, the Elves have been the cause of much beauty, and with their passing, there will come an end to a beauty that can never be matched. The Power of the ring causes the power of the Elves, and their own three rings, to fade. But if Sauron were to be defeated, the greatest and most prominent supernatural threat will be removed, and in combination with the leave of the Elves, all ‘magic’ will come to an end; “Do you not see now wherefore your coming is to us as the footsteps of Doom? For if you fail, then we are laid bare to the Enemy. Yet if you succeed then our power is diminished, and Lothlórien will fade, and the tides of the Time will sweep it away.” (JRR Tolkien, 1995, pp. 356)
– The Power of Myth
The third theme I have chosen is the power of Myth. Tolkien describes to us
We are told tales of the Númenóreans, who are the forbears of Aragorn, and of the love between Beren and Luthien Tinuviel(p251). We are also told of the history of the Elves and Dwarves, for example, the war in which Sauron was defeated and the one ring captured by Isildur, which is partly described in the Council of Elrond; …
These happenings are, unlike in our world true, and they do have a significant influence on the story. Especially for Aragorn, whose ancestor was Isildur, and thus carries the burden of his history. This provokes a sense of reverence by the other members if the Fellowship, although at first, they do not know his background story.
– good vs evil
The fourth theme, good versus evil, is perhaps the most obvious one. This because, except for Tom Bombadil, the characters are notoriously easy categorized between Good and Evil. The One Ring, Sauron and every single character that is related to those two, is evil or converted to, take for example the Ringwraiths, who were, as is said before, once mighty kings of men of Old. More recent examples are Boromir and Saruman, we learn about the redemption of Boromir in the next book, The Two Towers, but as for Saruman, we are told that there is a mighty wizard who betrayed his allies. The good characters, however, seek to destroy the Ring, for they are warned of the dangers and are told the history.
– friendship
The fifth theme, friendship, is in the book a continuing process we see until the end of the Return of the King. There are those who are developed, and those who are challenged. In the story, it is not difficult to notice that Hobbits are particularly loyal and faithful to their friends, something the other ‘races', for example, orcs or men, have less or even lack. Take the friendship between Sam and Frodo; Sam at first was reluctant to go on a journey, but in the End, he did not want to let Frodo go alone and called upon Merry, Pippin and Fredegar to go with Frodo. It is Gandalf who notices this, and sees in the strength of friendship and love the Hobbit share with each other. These are things that the Evil, Sauron, will never have, or be able to understand. It is thus that Gandalf that convinces Elrond to let all four Hobbits allow to be members of the Fellowship.
Another particularly developed friendship is that between Legolas and Gimli. The Elves and dwarves we learn, have had a somewhat tense relationship in the history of Middle Earth.
– home
The sixth and final theme I'm going to discuss is home. During the book, we are given a feeling of comfort and cosiness when characters describe to us their home and a feeling of discomfort and sadness when they are forced to leave it. The story begins in the Shire, a place safe and sound, far away from all the troubles of the big wide world, where our Hobbits happily live together. It is Frodo who realizes that he is forced to leave the Shire, and eventually when he decides to take the Ring to Mordor, he begins to believe that he will never see his home again; “stood for a while silent on the hill-top, near its southward edge. In that lonely place, Frodo for the first time fully realized his homelessness and danger. He wished bitterly that his fortune had left him in the quiet and beloved Shire. He stared down at the hateful Road, leading back westward – to his home. (JRR Tolkien, 1995, pp. 183-184).
We are told of the homes of the Elves, Lothlorien and Rivendell, who both are beginning to fade in the shadow of the great darkness of Sauron. The dwarves have lost their home Khazad-Dum, of which Gimli speaks so fondly, to a Balrog and swarms of orcs. Also, Boromir declares his love for Gondor, elaborately describing Minas Tirith.
And as Evil grows more and more powerful in Mordor, the risk of all these places, these homes being lost increases.
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A detailed comparison between the book and the movie
The lord of the Rings books are very extensive and in no way could the filmmakers process everything in to the films, thus the films had to be a little different and more to the point in order for it to be a success on its own. And Peter Jackson, director of the movies, managed to do just that, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best critical acclaimed movie-series of all time, all of the movies have a top 15 spot on the top-rated movies list on IMDB. Furthermore, the trilogy brought in a combined total of over a billion dollars at box office.
The differences and similarities between the book and the movie are put down in order, each time starting with the book, followed by bold characters for changes in the movie. The book has two parts, book 1 and book 2.
Book 1:
In the beginning of the book, with Bilbo’s birthday party Gandalf shows up and lit a bunch of fireworks, also the dragon-firework that was his tribute to Bilbo for his help on the quest to the lonely mountain (a reference to ‘the Hobbit’, another book of Tolkien).
Fireworks are lighted by Gandalf, but Merry and Pippin light the big stuff, including the dragon to provoke the risibility of the viewer.
the book leaves a lot of time between Gandalf’s departure from Hobbiton and Frodo leaving for his journey. Because most hobbits are pretty curious, Frodo needs a reason to leave Hobbiton, he comes up with the plan which involves him selling Bag-end and move to Buckland, the most eastern corner of the Shire (the Shire is an area where almost all of the hobbits live). When Frodo, Sam and Pippin finally leave they are on their own for a little while. Between Hobbiton and Buckleburry ferry they cross a forest and for the first time meet a member of the Nazgul, at first they call it a ‘black rider’. In the same forest they also meet Gildor, an Elf, with his company, Gildor escorts them through the biggest part of the forest. To avoid black riders they take a big detour and come across Old Maggot’s land, Frodo used to steal mushrooms from. Frodo is afraid Maggot will not help them, but Sam is convinced of the contrary, Sam was right and Maggot gives them food and shelter for the night. The following morning they travel to the ferry where they meet Merry and for the second time encounter a black rider which they barely avoid.
Frodo did not need a reason to leave for his journey. They do not meet Gildor and the forest is mostly left out of the movie. Merry and Pippin were stealing mushrooms and almost get caught by Old maggot and his dogs, the four of them run for Bucklebury ferry and also encounter the black rider.
After the three cross the Brandywine river they head for Crickhollow, the house Frodo pretended to had bought. When they arrive at Crickhollow, they are welcomed by Fredegar Bolger and rest for a brief moment to make up their minds for the future. In this time Frodo learns of the conspiracy between Sam, Pippin and Merry to help him on his perilous adventure. Thereafter, the hobbits leave Fredegar behind and head for the old forest, many bad tales have passed down generations about it, the forest is a queer place and most hobbits just avoid it. While passing through, the hobbits notice that pathways are changing all the time and they are led in a kind of trap, but it is too late and need to move on. The four are tired rather quickly for their doing and decide to take a nap. Sam is the first one to wake up, finds the ponies gone and his friends missing, a big tree had them under a kind of sleeping spell, Merry and Pippin were suddenly stuck inside it and Frodo was being pulled under the water of the river by a root of the tree. Sam managed to get Frodo out of the water but needed help for the other two, so they shouted for help when out of nowhere they heard someone singing, that turned out to be Tom Bombadil, he knows the forest well enough that he can sing a tune and the forest will listen in this way the two were saved. Tom introduces them to his wife Goldberry and tells the hobbits a lot of stories. when they get out of the old forest, Tom ensures them that as long as they are in his territory a certain song needs to be sung and he will appear to help out when needed. His advice was gratefully accepted and hard needed when again the hobbits were in great trouble. After the trouble was over, Tom Bombadil accompanied the hobbbits until they reached the borders of his lands, he tells them they should head for the prancing pony, a tavern in a place called ‘Bree’, if they want a rather safe place to take a time out.
After our hobbits cross the Brandywine they reach the Prancing pony pretty fast. The part where the four make for Crickhollow and pass the old forest meeting Tom Bombadil is completely left out of the movie, that part of the story accounts for more than four chapters in the book. Although in the books the chapters were fanciful, if they had been included in the movie, it would have been (unnecessarily) extended.
The hobbits payed heed to the words of Tom and found themselves on the East road heading to Bree. When they arrived in Bree, the Prancing pony was not that hard to spot and they quickly made a mess of things after Frodo and Pippin went a little too in-depth with their storytelling, Frodo wanted to keep a low profile but didn’t really succeed. If it wasn’t for Aragorn, the Nazgul would have gotten them there. After the innkeeper, Barliman Butterbur, found out the real identity of Frodo, he passed on a note left by Gandalf concerning his whereabouts with some information about Aragorn. After a struggle, Sam agreed to take Aragorn with them on their trip, as he was the only one able to bring them to Rivendell Safely. And thus their journey continued, first Aragorn led them to Amon Sul, better known as Weathertop, where they found some marks left by Gandalf also the Nazgul finally got to Frodo and the Witchking (leader of Nazgul) stabbed Frodo his left shoulder. Luckily for the hobbits, Aragorn could just in time scare the Nazgul of with some fire he made on a stick. Because Frodo was badly wounded, according to Aragorn they had to move as fast as they could and were still a fortnight away from Rivendell, the travelling that lied ahead was again weary until they found a token of passage, a piece of jewelry, planted by the elven lord Glorfindel who was scouting for any news of the bunch, at this time in the book almost everybody knew of the One ring that was moving to Rivendell. A few days passed and they actually crossed paths with Glorfindel, Glorfindel gave Frodo his horse so they could pick up pace again, when they were nearly at Rivendell the Nazgul got to them for a last time, Glorfindel whispered some Elvish words to his horse (with Frodo still on its back) and it ran like the wind. Frodo passed the ford at Bruinen and when the ring wraiths tried to follow, they all but one drowned in a flood caused by Elrond and Gandalf. Frodo fainted, end book 1.
The hobbits find themselves in Bree pretty fast, they meet Aragorn but he is described with having a sword that is in one piece, however in the books Strider has but the shards of a sword called Narsil. After the trouble at Weathertop they meet Arwen instead of Glorfindel, Arwen takes Frodo to Rivendell straight ahead and gets chased by the Nazgul, she is the one doing the magic to cause the flood instead of Gandalf and Elrond.
Book 2:
Frodo wakes up in a bed with Gandalf besides him, Gandalf tells him he has healed from his wound is in Rivendell and all of his friends are too, including Bilbo. First, Elrond throws a diner party with a lot of important men, dwarves and elves, after the diner a council is gathered and a lot of stories are exchanged, stories with a wide variety of topics, but mainly concerning the current state of affairs and what to do with the One ring. In the end most of the council members agree to take the ring and destroy it, Frodo again offers to take the burden as no one else is willing. After the meeting, the Fellowship is assembled by Elrond, but they can’t leave immediately because the area has to be scouted for any threats, the scouting takes months. In the meantime the hobbits exchange a lot more stories so Bilbo can think of a way to end his book. The scouts return one after another and soon the Fellowship is able to leave too. The fellowship is forced to venture into the mines of Moria, something they rather didn’t do, but every other way to their destination is being watched by the enemy. Travelling through the mines was a tricky thing to do, they got attacked by several waves of enemies, but all of them made it out except for Gandalf who was lost fighting a demon to protect the others. When the assemblage left Moria, the woods of Lothlorien were the next obstacle, they met a few nice people there and left with a lot of extravagances and wisdom. Continuing after their stay at Lothlorien they encountered a lot more orcs and killed them. When deciding where to go next Boromir takes matters into his own hands and tries to steal the ring from Frodo, fortunately Frodo escapes. Boromir regrets his decision but is killed by an overload of orcs, while trying to defend Merry and Pippin. Frodo is devastated and informs Aragorn he want to travel on his own, stubborn as Sam is, he goes after Frodo and almost drowns to prove his loyalty to Frodo. Together they make a lot of ground and the book ends when they enter the lands of shadow.
At this point a lot is the same as in the book, except that the part of scouting for the enemy is left out and Pippin throws a stone to anger a kind of octopus instead of Boromir when they are waiting for Gandalf to figure out the ‘’password’’ that is needed to open a gate of Moria. Gandalf fights the demon in a little different way. Boromir is not killed by a bunch of orcs but just one orc called Lutz.