The Lord of the Rings

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The Lord of the Rings

• By Joey Segars

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Table of Contents

• What the Lord of the Rings is about.
• Why the books are so popular.
• Where the story takes place.
• When the story takes place.
• Who the characters are.
• How long the books have been in print.
• Reference

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What the Lord of the Rings is about.

• Its about four hobbits who go on a quest.
• They go with eight other people to destroy a
  ring.
• The ring was once owned by Sauron.
• It needs to be cast into Mount Doom.
• If Sauron gets it, then Middle-Earth will be no
  more.

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Why the books are so popular

• The books are very complex.
• Some people say that the characters come alive.
  
• They can feel the characters emotions.

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Where the story takes place

• The story takes place in Middle-Earth.
• There are many types of races in Middle-Earth.
• There are Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs,and Ents.
• There are also Balrogs, Dragons, and Hobbits.
• Middle-Earth has mountains, rivers, cities,etc.
  that are weirdly named.

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Where the story takes place

• The races all speak The Common Speech.
• The races also have their own languages.
• Some examples are Taur e-Ndaedelos, michel, and
  orch.
• These mean forest of the great fear, great,
  and orc.

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When the story takes place

• At the end of the third age.
• There are four ages.
• First age, Second age, Third age, and Fourth age.
  
• In the fourth age, men will dominate all.

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Who the characters are

• Frodo Baggins
• Bilbo Baggins
• Gimli son of Gloin
• Aragorn- the future high king of Gondor
• Gandalf the Wizard
• Saruman the Wizard

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Who the characters are

• Legolas the Elf
• Galadrial
• Celeborn
• Merry
• Pippin
• Samwise
• King Theoden of Rohan
• King Denethor of Gondor

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Who the characters are

• Eomund
• Eowyn
• Treebeard
• Borimir
• Wormtongue
• Gollum

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How long the books have been in print

• They were originally published in 1954-1955.
• There have been many edited versions of the
  books.
• They are still coming out with edited books
  today.

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Reference

• www.thelordoftherings.com
• www.tolkienonline.com
• www.barrow-downs.com
• www.inext.com
• www.spiderspace.com