Blogpost# 10 The two towers

  (SPOILERS!)             The book finally got to Frodo's main storyline. So Frodo and Sam have finally met  Gollum. Now, Gollum is a pretty interesting character if not the most interesting character in the Lord of The Rings. He used to be a hobbit like creature that I can't remember the name of. But then he found the Ring of Power, and it seduced him almost immediately. He strangled and killed his best friend for it. After that it was all downhill from there,he became obessed with the ring, he started to form into an ugly pale creature. His mind became really simple minded and downright evil. Smeagel was his real name, but then he developed a second personality called Gollum.
       Smeagel is a perfect symbol of corruption. he was a happy, simple minded person can be shaped into this souless,cold, almost pathetic individual. in the pages I've read Smeagel, seems to be trying to take control of himself away from Gollum ,almost like how an addict trys to take control of their addiction. But knowing that he gets seduced by the ring agian and dies becuase of it, I feel bad for him, he's too broken beyond repair, you want him to be an ally because you see that he used to be a good hearted person and some of that shines out in him, but you eventually find out that he is fighting a losing battle. 

blogpost #9: The two towers

After reading 100's of pages of descriptions of landscapes and medival politics, you expect the climax to be pretty lenghy and descriptive. But for some reason this feels like its about ten pages long, and I really don't mind that much. This got me thinking if the epic battles are really that important here, i mean how many books could you really say that about. The battles are not that important in the grand scheme of things. I couldn't tell you how many times I wanted to see what was Frodo was up to during the battle scene. I'm not happy to read the Battle of Helms Deep, because I feel like its not necessary to advance the plot. Don't get me wrong it one of the most epic battle scenes i've ever read. I'd much rather read about frodo and sam's (and gollum's) journey to mount Doom because Im more invested in them, I'm much more invested in the ring then the people of Rohan. Not to say I'm not invested in them I just know what will happen and I feel ike I don't need to read it again. Maybe it's because I watched the movie, or because I'm more sympathetic towards an innocent hobbit then a proud peple who I feel like don't need my sympathy.

Blogpost #9 LOTR, the Two Towers

In the book, Gandalf and company have convinced King Theoden to meet the armies of Saruman at Helm's Deep. They are outnumbered five to one. It's at this point that you feel most sympathetic, where all the characters are at their lowest as well as their highest point. Tolkien does an amazing job making you feel sad for every elf that is killed because of how precious their lives are when considering the big picture, when most of their kin has died and the rest have left, but Galandriel and his people stay because they refused to give up on Middle Earth, and to forget the debt that they owe to Men. It's kind of funny really, considering I didn't really like the elves since the beginning of the first book, they seemed condesending and judging of others and  never tryed to inspire hope in Frodo when they met, if anything, they really made him feel worse for no reason. But the book made me feel sympathetic for people i didn't even like that much, and not because of some corny, before battle speech. It's these characters that can get an emotion out of me whether I disagree with what most of the characters opinions or i can relate to others. It's almost like they act like real people and not some cardboard cut out.

Blogpost #7; The Hobbit

After reading the book for awhile I've noticed just how generally convinient the events in the book are. How Gandalf chose Bilbo to join his quest out of no particularly good reason,how Bilbo just happened to find his company randomly in the middle of nowhere after being completely seperated for days. Even though this seems to be happenning just to keep the story going, the author just makes it work somehow. One theory I have is The Ring. The Ring has a mind of its own. All it wants to do is get back to its Master. It can bend people's will and even the rules of probability. The Ring wanted Bilbo to find it becuase it wasn't getting anywhere with Gollum. I,ve yet to see the tempt Bilbo yet which is very strange, i guess it's because Bilbo doesn't know about the rings true power therefore can't be tempted by it. The Ring is a power not to be taken lightly, I have the feeling that if Bilbo keeps using it for days the end result is going to be disasterous.

Blogpost #5

One thing I've noticed in J.R.R Tolkien's LOTR and the Hobbit is that he doesn't choose the people that are most equipped for such a task to be the main character . Instead he chooses those that are the least ready, willing and capable. But why? why choose a hobbit, which is small and almost pacifistic, rather then a young elf or a tough dwarf. I think that the author chose hobbits for the books to show us that anybody can rise to the occasion, ecspecially those who have the will. Mr. Tolkien emphazizes that by telling the story of the hobbits's journey. Everything In Middle Earth is not built for a hobbit, they are not made for battle and they all live in a place called the Shire, where no one comes or leaves where no outside news or trouble reaches them and they live carefree. To go from that to having millions of lives resting on your shoulders, the perciveriance you need to have is ridiculous.

Blogpost #4 The Hobbit

I've been reading J.r.r Tolkien's The Hobbit. The prequel to The Lord of The Rings. I think Bilbo's journey represents how sometimes we have to take chances in life because if it doesn't pay off in the long run then at least you won't regret it. Sometimes we tend to play it safe in some situations vbecuase we want to avoid embarresment or we don't feel comfortable doing it. but does that mean that I'll regret it? maybe, maybe not.I, for example don't like dancing and try to avoid it as much as possible. do I absolutely need to dance, no. But i know that eventually i will have to dance. ther's no overall gain from it but i'll have fun and will make a good memory.

Blogpost #3 The Martian Chronicles

Okay i have been reading The Martian Chronicles, Though I do Have my problems with it It does ask some interesting questions? What would happen if we found life on another planet, where its inhabitants, to us seem crazy,overreactive, stubborn, and careless? would we treat them fairly? Kinda like Avatar and the Na'vi, the humans dont take to kindly to the martians. This got me wondering that we really are hypocrits. we talk about treating people equally, but i bet everything i have that if we found intelligent life on another planet,we'll all either call them inferior because they will act VERY differently from us, or we would be racsist and hateful towards them. we would certaintly descriminate against them.
I guess it goes to show how threatened we feel when our reality is changed

Blogpost # 2

I think Edmund was very selfish. He put his wants above his family, not realizing the amount of harm he was doing, not just to his family, but to rest of Narnia. But, then again not all the blame can be put on him, the White Witch is a very decieving, manipulative person. But didn't he realize what exactlly he was doing? The first time he met the Queen she said that she was going to make his brother and sisters jesters, didn't he realize how awful that is?  In the middle of the book, Edmund returns to the White Witch and tells her where Peter, Lucy, and Susan are. In return she puts him into a cell. Its then when he realizes what an awful decision he has made.
Part of me does kinda get Where Edmund is coming from.When I was little, sometimes I would get jelous when my brother got to do stuff when I didn't. So, in that way i relate to Edmund.