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Greed And Lord Of The Rings

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In both the novel and movie adaptation of The Lord of The Rings (written by J.R.R. Tolkien and directed by Peter Jackson), a major theme is greed. To show this characteristic, J.R.R. Tolkien uses a ring - “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them”. Created for the evil Sauron, this ring is physical manifestation of greed that corrupts the wearer, leaving them a mere shell of what they once were. Take Gollum for example. Gollum, the most obvious of characters where greed is observed in this series, was once a young hobbit who went by the name Sméagol. Hobbits are short, peaceful, and quiet, and they are content with their lives. The live a plain life and try to mind their own

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