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Summary: The Revenge Of Gandalf
Review: THE TWO TOWERS by J.R.R. Tolkien is a fantastic book. I like that book because it is my favorite movie. It gives me lots of details so I can see the picture in my head while I am reading. When I was reading I could see how beautiful the setting is. The main characters are Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. The main part was the war. I like this book because it is very challenging. I think you should read this book because it is very scary and magical. I like this book and you should too! I hope you read this book!
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Summary: The Two Towers
Review: The Two Towers continues at the point where the first book ends; Frodo leaves the fellowship to travel to Mordor with only his faithful friend Sam as his companion. Merry and Pippin have been taking captive by orcs sent by Saruman. Aragorn decides to leave Frodo to his quest and to follow the orcs in hopes of rescuing Merry and Pippin. The Two Towers is divided into two parts; the first part tells the tale of Aragorn, Gimly, Legolas, Merry, and Pippin while the second part of the book talks about the journey of Frodo and Sam. I found the first part of the book really enjoyable; this is where most of the action was and where the story became more interesting. I felt the second part of the book was a little dull, mostly consisting of tedious description. It didn't hold my interest as well as the first part of the book.
During the first part of the book Aragorn's pursuit of the orcs leads him, Gimly, and Legolas to Fangorn forest where Gandalf makes his triumphant return. The four of them travel to the land of Rohan to speak with King Théoden who is currently under the control of Saruman. After Gandalf breaks his Saruman's hold the people of Rohan flee to Helms Deep to prepare a defense against Saruman's army.
Meanwhile, Merry and Pippin's encounter an Ent, kind of walking, talking tree, named Treebeard. Merry and Pippin learn of the Ent's hatred of the orcs and Saruman because of the harm that they were bringing to the forest. The Ent's agreed that Saruman must be stopped and they begin their march on Isengard after Saruman has sent his army to attack Helms Deep.
There were many exciting and interesting events that happened in the first part of the book. I especially enjoyed Aragorn's pursuit of the orcs; it truly demonstrated his skills as a ranger. He was able to deduce several events that took place by simply analyzing various tracks and imprints on the ground. During this pursuit Tolkien also describes Legolas' keen senses. Legolas was able to see across great distances and make out minor details. Tolkien also mentions the great endurance that Gimly and other dwarves possess. Gimly was able to run for long periods of time without resting or getting short on breath.
This was one aspect that I thought Tolkien improved on in his writing. He began to write about some of his characters in greater detail. I've always thought that his characters were interesting and now that I began to learn more about them I've come to like them more. Stories with interesting characters are far more enjoyable than stories that are entirely driven by their plots. When the characters are more interesting I become more concerned with the events surrounding them, making me more interested in the plot.
This was on reason that I didn't find the second part of the book as enjoyable as the first. It didn't have the same level of excitement as the first. Much of it was tedious description of every rock and plant Sam and Frodo passed as they continued on their journey. The main reason that I was interested in the second part of the book was because of Gollum, who I thought was another very interesting character.
Gollum was in possession of the ring for so long that it gave him an unnaturally long life and corrupted his mind. He practically had split personalities. His "better" half was Sméagol, or who he used to be before he found the ring. His more evil and selfish side was Gollum, one who desired to have the ring above all else. Gollum wasn't a villain when compared to Sauron or Saruman, nor was he a hero. He was a poor twisted soul that had been corrupted by the ring's evil power.
Gollum became bound to the ring; it was something that he had to have and he followed Frodo throughout most of his journey just to get it back. When Gollum finally encounters Frodo and Sam they capture Gollum. Like Bilbo, who had encountered him long ago, Frodo couldn't kill Gollum. Instead Frodo spares him. Gollum swears to serve his new master, Frodo, and to guide them to Mordor. Sam is unsuccessful in his attempt to get Frodo to either kill Gollum or leave him behind and shortly after the three continue on their journey.
I found their journey dull for the most part because it didn't really compare to the journey that the others experienced in the first part of the book. It wasn't until towards the end of the book did Frodo and Sam's journey become more interesting. Gollum had led the two hobbits to Shelob's liar in an attempt to reclaim the ring. Shelob is a giant spider creature that had existed on Middle Earth since almost the beginning of time. Once Gollum leads them to the lair he leaves the two hobbits in the dark as pray for Shelob. I thought this was an interesting change of pace because it portrayed Sam as a hero and he displayed the same courage that Aragorn and the others displayed in the battle of Helms Deep.
Overall I felt that the Two Towers was a good story but I thought it would've been better if Tolkien had made Frodo and Sam's subplot alternate with the subplot of Aragorn and the others instead of separating the book into two sections. It was hard for me to change from the great suspense of Aragorn's pursuit, the battle of Helms Deep, and the Ents siege on Isengard, to a much slower pace story. If they hadn't been done separately the story would've been much better in my opinion because there wouldn't be such a large change of pace between the two parts of the book. However, I still felt that this was a great story.
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Summary: The best
Review: With the war of middle earth about to start its final hours with Aragorn, Gandalf, Merry, Pippin, Sam, Legolas, Gimli and of course the ring bearing Frodo Baggins. But before that they need to reach the lands around Mt. Doom. Now with this being in J.R.R. Tolkien's three part series, The Two Towers is the second. Along with it being in the Lord of the Rings three part trilogy, this book also has three parts. The first part is Sam and Frodo being led around Mordor to reach the mountain that can destroy the ring, the second part is Merry and Pippin's journey with orcs and ents. Now the final part is Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, and Gandalf on what they did to reach Mordor. Now in the book everything seems to be running smoothly for the heroes until Frodo and Sam have a brief running with Gollum... yeah... brief... and that they find a King is possessed. Everything seems to turn around while the ring gets closer to Mt. Doom.
Now with the Two Towers being the second part of the trilogy. I find it to be the best. For the reasons that without knowing the journeys to Mordor and what Sam and Frodo ha to go through, it wouldn't be as important of a story. Another reason is that Gollum doesn't get killed so he plays an important role as follow the leader. And the battle of Helms Deep is one of my favorite battles because it shows death with sadness, but soon hope. I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes fantasy, but the series needs to be read in the order of 1 2 3 or else it just won't make sense. No other books in my mind can compare to the legendary Lord of the Rings. From the facts that there are no tag-along for the fun of it characters. They all have a great role and factor to playing out the story. Also, the Lord of the Rings has to be the most serious book I've ever read. Which seems difficult to do when talking about hobbits, elves, dwarves, humans, and the supernatural. But that makes it the interesting story it is today. The Two Towers stacks up to be the best book I've ever read. So read it and be happy. ^^
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Summary: adventures of j.r.r tolkein
Review: j.r.r tolkein was a brilliant man. his books inspired millions to create and begin writting. this book starts right were the fellowship left off. bomir is dead, mary and pipen have been captured my the uruk-hai, frodo and sam have set off for mordor to destroy the one ring that sauron formed from the evil of his own body. it was the one ring TO RULE THEM ALL! frodo and sam along the way find a unexpected freind golum or also known as smeagol.
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Summary: The Great Fiction Novel of The Twenties
Review: Times have become darker as the inevitable battle with the evil Sauron approaches. The Fellowship has been split up during this darkest hour. Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn have been sent in hot pursuit of Merry and Pippin, who were captured by the attacking Urukhai. With Gandalf lost, Sam and the highly depressed Frodo press on toward Mount Doom, their journey looking more and more hopeless as it presses on. They meet with the manic depressant schizoid Gollum/Smeagol, who guides them shadily into the vast kingdom of Sauron. How can our heroes beat an evil like Sauron when there is so much darkness engulfing all of the Fellowship? Can Frodo be strong and face this faceless opponent? This book is by far one of the greatest fictional books that I have ever read. There is almost constant action at every turn, and it can keep a person's attention for hours on end. Tolkien has used his genius to create a world of fantasy and suspense that boggles the imagination. The twists that are placed in the book and the in depth descriptions of all the characters leave no stone unturned and leave the reader with the perfect view of all the characters. This story gives you a great sense of all the times of the real world too. The way Tolkien uses the dead marshes of Mordor as a visual of what he saw in World War II and the terrible things that occurred during that war. His depictions and transitions into different storylines are almost seamless, leaving you wanting to get through the next chapter to see what happened with the first. This book is by far one of the great fiction novels of the time.
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Summary: Clayton's Second Review
Review: This story is aboout a small shire man named frodo with his friends, sam, merry, pippin, legolas, aragorn, and a dwarf named gimli and you cant forget smeagel and Gandolf. These are all the warriors and adventurers in this story. Frodo and the rest of the fellowship try to bring the ring of power to mount doom.
so far they have not succeeded but they are close. This is a great stroy to read if you like fantasy and war scenes then this is your book.
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Summary: Clayton's Review Of The Two Towers
Review: This is a hard hitting story about war and quest to destroy the ring of power. This book is definetly a best buy
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Summary: The Lord of The Rings TheTwoTowers
Review: It is a mind blowing book. Always keeps you guessing.You're on on the edge of ur seat not knowing but got to know whats going to happen.It won the best book of the year award.Or you can go see the movie. It is a very long book.Since it takes ur attention away from the
lenth so your done in no time.The movie got a ton of awards.I give it 2 thumbs up.so u should read the book.
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings the two towers
Review: I think that this book is one of the best books of all time.
There are many action parts and there are some funny parts aswell. I think this book is for anybody who likes mistical and magicaal things they would love the lor of the rings 2.
I am happy that this movie won 5 awards. But the movie kind of gets a little of track of the book but all in all both of them are good.
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Summary: This book is great, BUT SHELOB IS NOT A COPY OF HARRY POTTER
Review: This book is excellent! If you haven't read The Hobbit, you'll understand the first one a little better. Only one problem, but it has nothing to do with the way the book is written. Now, most people who read this book says that Shelob the spider is right from Harry Potter. EXCUSE ME, BUT THIS BOOK HAPPENED TO BE WRITTEN PRACTICALLY 50 YEARS BEFORE THE HARRY POTTER SERIES(around 1955). WHAT I THINK IS HARRY POTTER'S SPIDERS ARE FROM LOTR. TOLKIEN IS MY FAVORITE AUTHOR AND I'M SURE HE'D BE INSULTED THAT SOME PEOPLE ACCUSE HIM OF COPYING A MUNDANE BOOK CALLED HARRY POTTER, WHERE KIDS LEARN MAGIC TRICKS THAT HAVE PEOPLE "FLINCH" AT A SINGLE, PATHETIC NAME, "VOLDEMORT", AND ALSO THE LOTR MOVIES ARE BETTER THAN HARRY POTTER, WHERE EVERYTHING IS MADE OF COTTON,AND PLASTIC.
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