I wanted to talk here a little more about how putting on the Ring allows you to see the servants of evil and them see you. I found it interesting that the Ring is a door of sorts between the dark and light sides of Middle Earth.
Frodo lives on the light side and cannot be seen by the wraiths. While the Ringwraiths live on the dark side and can only be seen because they wear black cloaks. The Ring acts as a connection between the two sides, allowing Frodo to see what he is up against and, as a consequence, allowing the wraiths to see exactly where Frodo is.
I'm intrigued that the servants of evil can only see people through an evil conduit. It reminds me of how people will oftentimes look for evidence to back up their own ideas instead of opening their minds to other ideas, something social media algorithms are good at supporting. The Ringwraiths can only see darkness because they are darkness and they refuse to open their minds to the light.
It is incredible how novels written more than twenty years ago can still have an impact on the world today.
This is a fascinating parallel that you draw! I just finished a reading assignment about how phones are controlling our minds, and that really is incredibly analogous to the control that the rings of power exert.
ReplyDeleteI loved your thought on how the Ringwraiths are incapable of seeing or belonging to the light because they refuse to open their minds to it. This concept can definitely still be applied to today's society because I think there are a lot of people who refuse to accept new ideas or people who are different from themselves. Great post!
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