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Jordi Besora Solé
2n Batxillerat A, any 2009-10
Científic/tecnològic
Llengua estrangera, Anglès
Montse Agustí
Institut Francesc Ribalta
15 de Gener de 2010
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INDEX
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2
Summary of the book ............................................................................................. 4
Book five ........................................................................................................ 4
Book six ......................................................................................................... 17
Summary of the film ............................................................................................. 30
General story ................................................................................................ 30
Frodo and Sam’s story ................................................................................. 35
Ending........................................................................................................... 39
Comparison book-film .......................................................................................... 40
General story ................................................................................................ 40
Frodo and Sam’s story ................................................................................. 45
Ending........................................................................................................... 48
Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 52
Bibliography, films and webgraphy ..................................................................... 55
APPENDIX
Appendix 1
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INTRODUCTION
First of all, I want to say that I have always liked The Lord of the Rings. I have not read
any book, but I think that the films are one of the best ones I have ever seen and the
plot is amazing. That is one of the main reasons why I have chosen that Research
Project.
Another reason is that I wanted to do something in English to improve my vocabulary
and my knowledge of this wonderful language. I have studied English since I was a child
and it is one of my favourite subjects at school.
By doing that project, I expect to learn more things about the Lord of the Rings and its
writer. The story is amazing, but I want to know the real story, because, as I said
before, I have only watched the films.
I have always heard people who watch a film after reading the book and saying: “It is
very different from the book. I do not like the film.”. I am not very used to reading
books, so I have never had this feeling and I wanted to feel it.
I have chosen to summarize only one part. There are many reasons for only choosing
one part:
On the one hand, the main reason is for the extension. One part of the story in the
book is almost four hundred pages, so it is the same as one book. The film duration is
more than three hours, therefore, the same that a long film.
On the other hand, the level of English in the book is high. There are a lot of strange
words and words that are not commonly used. Tolkien was a literature professor at
university and he liked English a lot. Because of this, he used a lot of synonyms and
made very good descriptions.
As a consequence, I have only compared the third part because it is my favourite part
and it is the part when everything finishes. The book of the Lord of the Rings is divided
in six books. Every part has two books, therefore you will see that the summary of the
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third part starts at book five. If you have never seen anything about the Lord of the
Rings, I have summarized the first and the second part, which I have taken from the
Internet, to make a kind of “historical context” of my project (see appendix 1).
Another thing worth to mention is that the third part of the book does not match
exactly with the film. The third film starts before the third part of the book. The film
starts when the second part of the book is ending, so you will see that the summary of
the book starts a little later than the summary of the film.
Talking about the organisation, I will start with the summary of the book, which is the
longest part. Then, I will summarize the film and make the comparison between both
things. I will see what things are in the book and do not appear in the film, the things
that appear in the firm and are not in the book and the things that appear at both and
compare it.
In my point of view, I have to talk about Tolkien, the author, and the main characters. I
would like also to do a glossary of the most difficult words I find while reading the
book. These things, I will include them all in the appendix.
That is all I have to say for the moment. Now, I am going to start my trip in the
fascinating world of “the Lord of the Rings”.
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Gandalf riding with Pippin
Minas Tirith
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK
BOOK FIVE
1. MINAS TIRITH
Pippin is riding with Gandalf. They ride for 3
days while Pippin is sleeping. He gets up and
asks Gandalf where they are and Gandalf says
that they are in Gondor. Suddenly, Pippin sees
fire, darkness and dragons and asks Gandalf
of that. Gandalf says that the war is coming and they must haste. While they are riding,
Gandalf explains things of Gondor to Pippin. After that, Gandalf tells him to sleep and
says that they are going to Minas Tirith, the safest place in the world on those times.
Pippin wakes up because he hears voices and he sees Gandalf talking to a group of
men. They are talking about Pippin because they don’t know what kind of man he is.
Pippin says that he is a Hobbit and he talks about Boromir. Gandalf says to him not to
talk about it since the Lord of the country knew it, but the men say that he already
knows it. When Pippin and Gandalf are leaving, they tell the man to be prepared and
not to distract, because the war is coming.
After days of walk, Pippin wakes up and sees
a very big city with very big white walls. They
enter Minas Tirith. Gandalf says to the people
that he must see the king.
Minas Tirith is a very safe city. It was built on
seven levels, all delved into the hill, and all levels have a wall. In each wall there is a
gate. In addition, the gates were not set in a line: the first one, the Great Gate, was at
the east point, the next was faced south, the third was faced north and so on.
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Boromir’s horn
Gandalf and Pippin in the balcony
Pippin is amazed and he likes the city a lot. When they get to the top, they see the
guards. They are robed in black and they have an embroidered white tree. These
guards were in front of the Court of the Fountain, where the White Tree once had
grown.
They walked in the garden and Pippin saw the tree. It was dead. Gandalf says to him
not to talk of Boromir, Frodo or Aragorn. He talks about the kingship of Aragorn to
explain Pippin why he can’t talk about him.
The door of the king’s chamber opens. In the room, there are deep windows, tall pillars
and the floor is made of white-gleaming polished stone. Then, Pip sees the throne with
an image of the white tree, but it’s empty. An old man sits on a stone chair, Denethor.
He asks Gandalf if he has news of Boromir and
shows him a horn party in half. Then, Pippin
says that Boromir always wore that horn.
Denethor asks Pippin for more information
and he tells him that Boromir was caught by
many bows. Pippin offers his service to Denethor in payment of his debt. Denethor
accepts it, he takes his sword, Pippin says a few words and Denethor gives the sword
back to Pippin.
Denethor says to him that his first command is to talk and not to be silent. He orders
his servants to give a sit to Pippin and some food. Denethor says to Gandalf that he
must leave the room, and Gandalf says that he hasn’t ridden one-hundred and fifty
leagues only to bring a small warrior. He says that they have to ask for aid to everybody
they can, but Denethor says that he is the king and they will do what he wants. Gandalf
leaves the room with Pippin. A guide guides
them to a house where they have a room. The
room is quite fair. Pippin says to Gandalf if he
