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Power Vs Hobbit

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Despite what some parents say, The Lord of the Rings has a right to belong to every classroom’s shelf, and for good reasons. A student can learn many things from the trilogy, and its single greatest attribute that someone can learn from is the arrogant desire for power and glory. Several individuals in the books had renounced the Ring for their own personal gain and instead attributed for the greater good. Tolkien pursues the idea of every character’s humility in each book. It seems that the more power you gained, the more it will basically take over your mind. “The characters who go bad, generally, are [the] ones who desire power beyond what has been given to them. The ones who stay good accept the limitations of their unique role in society”

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