Hazel Haney
My Favorite Character
My favorite character in the The Lord Of The Rings is the hobbit Peregrine Took or
Pippin. Pippin is my favorite because he is considered the clumsy one of the group, the comical relief in the book, and whenever they are in a tight situation or in an intense moment pippin is reliable to make some sort of mistake.
Pippin lives in the shire and is good friends with Mary. Pippin likes to attend parties and drink. When in the shire he does not know how to control himself. He is the town clown and isn't respected by many people in the shire. He's known for being clumsy and childlike. "The road goes on forever, but I can't without a rest. It is high time for lunch."Pippin and Mary usually get into trouble when they are together, although Mary is a highly respected hobbit, this has no effect on Pippin. Pippin is usually the instigator of most of the trouble because he is so curious.
Usually ridiculed by Gandolf as a "fool" he is not the most brave, tactful, or wise of the group. “Fool of a Took!" he growled. "This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking- party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance.” This is my favorite part about him. He is one of the most unsespected heros in the book but one with much potential. “There was a lot more to that song,' said Sam, 'all about Mordor. I didn’t learn that part, it gave me the shivers. I never thought I should be going that was myself! 'Going to Mordor!” Cried Pippin. 'I hope it won’t come to that!' 'Do not speak that name so loudly!' said Strider” In first meeting him he seems to be a nuisance and a hassle for everyone around him to deal with. But throughout the story his character grows and ...
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He was bent by the lies that the ring had told him. He was locked away for decades worshiping it and relying on it forgetting his own free will. “For instance, he called the Ring his “birthday- present”, and he stuck to that. He said it came from his grandmother, who had lots of beautiful things of that kind. A ridiculous story. I have no doubt that Sméagol’s grandmother was a matriarch, a great person in her way, but to talk of her possessing many Elven-rings was absurd, and as for giving them away, it was a lie. But a lie with a grain of truth.” I believe that the ring has a mind of its own and it uses ita own power to corrupt ones mind to its own truths. It takes a persons will power and makes them believe that they need the ring. They then depend on it to live making it impossible for them to let it go.
While the two have grown up in the same general area, they are very different. Huck is a realist who formed his own morals after realizing that Pap was not a reliable parent. Huck, while uneducated, has common sense and is quite wise for a boy of his age. Tom, on the other hand, likes to embellish everything and is very childlike in that manner. He is described as a reader, and as someone who has attended school for most of his life, unlike Huck who is resistant to attending. When forming his “gang,” Tom comes up with farfetched ideas that they all know will never actually happen. Tom is also stuck in the traditional Southern mindset of the time period, and thus sees nothing wrong with slavery. In short, Huck has more realistic, liberal views
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most evil characters and he is a character who stands out among all of the
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had a knock on effect towards Pip and in the end his wanted to do
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why he is a hero when he explains to Pip that he was the benefactor and the one
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Miss Havisham, an eccentric rich spinster, has a profound influence on young Pip. Having been jilted
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