The Sword of Shannara Essays

  • The Sword of Shannara

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    notably, The Sword of Shannara, lasted as a New York Times Best Seller for more then five months, and from there he has wrote sixteen others as well. Now he takes the reader even farther back, to the prequel of the classic Shannara series, First King of Shannara. This tale brings you a story of adventure, magic and myth that shows the secret evil that is slowly building throughout the land, and it’s up to four people of diverse races to stop it. Two main characters in First King of Shannara, Bremen and

  • Bilbo Baggins Journey

    2279 Words  | 5 Pages

    “’He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary’” (Tolkien 72). The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R Tolkien, is about a hobbit, Frodo Baggins, who is called on an epic adventure by a wizard to destroy a magical ring gifted to him by his uncle, Bilbo Baggins. Along this journey, he builds his fellowship and goes through numerous harrowing obstacles in an attempt to reach his ultimate destination,

  • Imagination and Creativity: Inventions

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    If one was to think of the crowning achievement of mankind to date, what would it be? Would it be communication from pole to pole? Would it be being able to save millions of bits of data in a device no larger than a pin? Would it be traveling to space and back? All of these things are great; however, they are not the best thing that humans have achieved. The true paramount achievement of mankind is the use of imagination. This statement might be doubted by some. However, at the core of all achievements