Reece Caven’s Reviews > The Two Towers > Status Update

Frodo and Sam are getting really close to Mordor. The author used foreshadowing earlier in the book to hint at whats happening now with Gollum. Earlier in the book, he kept sneaking off and Sam kept yelling at him to stop sneaking around. Gollum claimed he had to be sneaky to scout out the path they were going to take. Gollum lead Frodo and Sam into a trap, attacking Sam and letting a giant spider attack Frodo.

I'm glad I'm reading the Lord of the Rings because since I watched the movies, I've wanted to read the books and now I finally am. I'm also glad because I like to see the differences between the books and the movies.

The author got me interested by starting the series in a peaceful setting. It allowed me to get to know the characters and then when the plot started I cared more about what was happening because I liked the characters. This book is the second in the series so now the author just has to try to keep me interested. J.R.R. Tolkien does that by having lots of action and switching point of views.

The lord of the rings is trying to teach the world that new technology isn't always a good thing. Like the ring, new technology can help you get what you want but at a price. Many people think that J.R.R Tolkien got the idea of the ring from watching the town he grew up in change. He liked his town the way it was, not too many houses, lots of fields and woods. But, then factories were built and they ruined it.

I don't like the character Wormtongue in The Lord of The Rings. He works for the villain Saruman by whispering in the king's ear, but that's not why I don't like him. I don't like Wormtongue because nobody knows he is evil even though its so obvious. Everything about him is sketchy and the king still takes his advice. Just by hearing his name you know he is a villain. To me this makes his character really boring.

I would give Gimli a bigger ax. Gimli always talks about how he loves to chop the heads off orcs. His love of killing orcs connects to the concept of making bad things positive. This concept is shown several times in the books. When Gimli and Legolas have a competition to see how many orcs they can kill at Helm's deep is one. Another is when Aragorn meets Merry and Pippin and they are smoking right after a battle.

Right now in Lord of The Rings, Aragorn is facing his first challenge. Him and his companions have cured the king of Rohan of Saruman's curse and are rallying his men. The mood right now in the story is happy and it seems like everything from here on out is going to be good. But it is setting up for Aragorn's challenge which is defending Helm's deep from Saruman's army.

Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are reunited and travel to Rohan. They hope to get help from Theoden. Mary Pippin are traveling to Isengard to defeat Saruman with the Ents.

Marry and Pippin try to convince the Ents to help fight against the evil of Mordor. The Ents call a council and decide to fight. I think the Ents made this decision because they were aware of all the trees Mordor was cutting down and new they had to stop it.