Sunday, March 15, 2020
In-Class Exercise: Putting a Twist on The Lord of the Rings
In class, we discussed how making alternations to The Lord of the Rings could potentially negatively or positively, depending on your point of view, impact the narrative of the story. What I found interesting was the kind of unanimity of the class in believing that Gandalf, one of the most integral characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's works, had to die. Whether it be under different circumstances for different reasons, we concluded that the company wouldn't have been able to succeed in their nearly impossible quest of destroying the one ring had Gandalf never died and undergone his transformation from Gandalf the Grey to Gandalf the White. It's just interesting to analyze how death, something that is normally considered sad and horrible, impacted so much of the story. Furthermore, it's weird that we were able to recognize the "need" for death in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
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Hello!
ReplyDeleteI definitely found it interesting that we all seemed to come to a consensus regarding Gandalf and how he must die. I truly believe this is because all of us realized it is an integral part of the story like you said. However, I would say this goes for so many of the details and events that happen in Tolkien's works because so many things affect how the story ends up. I don't think it is weird that we all recognized that death is important to the Lord of the Rings I just think it means that we are all higher level thinkers who have the ability to recognize when something is important and necessary in a story versus when it is not.
Thank you!