Two Towers book review

The middle of the Lord of the Ring series shows much for the characters of the series and introduces new ones who are just as important.  The bravery and guilt of Boromir is what the reader is first met with along with his death.  He does seek and achieve redemption in his death.  He represented the modern man because he believed in the tangible and not in the potential of a thing (the Ring).

Sauron is a true being of evil to Gandalf and Elrond because they have been intimately associated with his doings.  They were there for the destruction that he had wrought, so he is very real to them.  To the others he is a fairy tale figure.   He is a boogeyman coming to get you.  They only know what they have been told of him and have not personally experienced the desolation that he gave out in his time.

 The fellowship has broken into three groups which merges and separates again within the book.  Each of their stories connects and contributes to the others in a fundamental way.  Merry and Pippin evolve from sweet and home loving Hobbits to those that understand the need for war and even urge for it in the case of the Ents.  Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursued the young Hobbits and ended up meeting Gandalf the White.  He helps the King of Rohan to be free of the power of Saruman through the sly Wormtongue.  Saruman sends his Orcs and Urak-hai to battle with the Rohans.   The Ents attack Saruman’s tower when his army is attacking in Rohan.

430, “There are some things that it is better to begin than refuse, even though the end may be dark,” Aragorn.

590, “It’s my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found.  But will good or evil show it to me?  What hope we had was in speed.  Delay plays into the Enemy’s hands-and here I am: delayed,” Frodo.