The Lord Of The Rings When I saw The lord of the rings first, I was in elementary school. I couldn't understand the whole story: Why Prodo got weak and mad, Why the orcs attacks prodo. I only knew each character and the one ring. Like other girls, I was attracted to Regolas at first. But, I got to admire Gandalf. Gandalf was like a mysterious god for my eyes at that time because he always appeared whenever the fellowship of the ring got stuck in danger. Although I didn't understand and remember the whole story, it made me really shocked at that time. I had never thought about the other world : The middle earth. I was really surprised at that how the writer could make this new and big world. Actually, I watched them a few days ago. It was dramatically different for me. Now, I can understand the whole story and think about what these movies give us. When I was young, I thought Prodo and his hobbit friends were too weak and useless. I sometimes complained myself about why Tolkin chose him as the main character. Now, however, I realized why hobbits are the core of this story. Nobody thinks the hobbits are strong, even themselves. Before the journey, the hobbits thought they did not have any power so they did not have any relationship with the war in middle earth. However, they had lots of courage and dealt with many matters in very briliant ways, though they did not have phisycal power like men, elves, and orcs. Tolkin may want to give us the messege : We all make up for the world, and it means we are responsible for the peace of the world whether we are strong or not. I will read the novels during this vacation. :) ♥