Failing isn’t the End
Even if you fail in battle you can still win the war. Battles in the Lord of the Rings are not just fights they affect the whole story like with the characters actions, emotions, fate and the ending of the story. There is a lot of symbolism in the battles. The last battle is the biggest and the most symbolic.
The last battle, battle of the Pelennor Fields there was many failures on the good side. But their was always hope because they kept having more people show up and fight for them just in time. Every time they were about to loose more reinforcements would come. I think this is symbolizing that the good is always going to prevail over evil even if they are set backs and losses. I think this also symbolizes the good side never giving up no matter how bad it gets.
In the beginning of the battle it starts out with mynis tirith and the orcs. When the orcs finally break through the wall and are winning overall, the rohirim show up to help. They would probably would of lost then if the rohirim didn’t show up. The rohirim kept them in the battle. When they started to loose their strength again Aragorn legolas and gimley bring the spirits from the path of the dead. The spirits from the path of the dead take over and kill all the orcs. They win the battle even though of all the failures they had. In the end they were more good forces then evil and good conquers evil.
I think Tolkien uses the failures and more forces coming to help, as a symbol of not giving up and that there is always hope no matter how dire the situation is. I think he also uses the battle as a symbol of unity with the good side.
In conclusion you can fail multiple times in a battle but that doesn’t mean you are going to lose the war . Because as long as you keep your head above the water until more reinforcements come you haven’t lost. They are just failures not losses. In Lord of the Rings they do just that. They fail many times in the battle but more allies show up just in time to keep them in it. Then they finally start coming back and gaining strength and win the war. Failures are not losses they are just motivation to do better.
6 comments:
Same thing as last time, capitalization and spelling errors. also a bit redundant throughout the paper. other then that great work.
I Think We Had Very Similiar Topics. I Did Myy Essayy On How Good Always Conquers Evil. && It Seems Like Youu Have That Idea Too. It Relates To Non-Religious And Religious Believes. Religious Being, God Always Wins. Non-Religious Being, If You Have Enough Strength You Will Be Able To OverCome Evil. I Think You Had A Veryy Good Point Behind Your Essayy. And I Completleyy Agree With You. I Like How Youu Said "As Long As You Keep Your Head Above Thee Water...." Its Not Failure, Its Just Losses. ;D
I loved that you went through the battles and picked out the common traits through each one. Also, giving an idea on why Tolkien made it so that the good side would win, but just barely shows a higher level of thinking.
I agree that the battles in "Lord of the Rings" are very important. I think that your idea of what the battles simbolize are very interesting. I would have enjoyed reading about your ideas on more of the battles that are in Lord of the Rings. Good overall. There are some grammar mistakes.
It seems like the main idea behind your essay was "Don't give up! It's just one piece of the puzzle!" While you made a very strong case for this argument, I was hoping to see more about unity throughout the West. You really only touched on it in the second to last paragraph. You linked hope to reinforcements arriving to save the day. Continue on to emphasize that reinforcements will arrive *because* of the unity between Men, Elves, Dwarves, etc.
First, I'd just like to say that you made a great point about how wars can be won even if individual battles aren't. I would have liked to see a little more analysis on different battles and how they connected with common themes because you touched on this idea, but only with one of the battles. I think that it would have been interesting if you had explained more about the different themes and their link to each other in a few different battles. Overall, a good essay with a thoughtful and insightful thesis.
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