Determination In Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

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Determination is a quality in which a person tries and achieve a difficult goal and to push through the obstacles that may come with it. In order for a person to be determined they first have to be willing to do whatever it takes.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring directed by Peter Jackson is a movie, where nine characters are in a fellowship and their quest is to destroy the Ring of Evil in Mount Doom, which is located in Mordor.They want to destroy the ring to secure the fate of Middle Earth. The Ring’s quest on the other hand is to return to the hands of Sauron. Throughout the movie the fellowship fights through many obstacles from the Orcs and the Ringwraiths. Jackson shows the significance of determination with characters …show more content…

He knows that the ring is going to bring great danger to Shire since his Uncle, Bilbo Baggins had put on the ring. Frodo knows this because Gandalf the Grey told him that whenever someone puts on the ring, the Ringwraiths from Sauron are drawn to the rings power. Frodo shows great determination when he is put in charge of bringing the ring out of Shire and to Bree where Gandalf would take care of it from there. Frodo knows he is not exactly qualified for the job but he also knows that the fate of Middle Earth relies on him. He sacrifices his life to get rid of the ring, even though he knows that he could possibly die from the Ringwraiths. Because of Frodo’s determination he was able to get the ring out of …show more content…

The meeting takes place in a semi circle around a stone table. Elrond says that only one person should take the ring to Mordor, this causes them to start arguing about who should take the ring as they don’t trust one another with it. Frodo suddenly says “I will take the ring to Mordor.” (LOTR, 2001) This took courage and determination, if Frodo had never of said this there would be no fellowship. His determination motivated him to do something significant. He knew that taking the ring to Mordor would come with many obstacles and would be very difficult, but knowing that when the ring would be destroyed and that it will defeat Sauron gave him determination and motivation. “If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword.” (LOTR, 2001) Aragorn Knows that Frodo cannot take the ring to Mordor by himself, so he offers to protect him on his quest to destroy the ring. Aragorn 's determination leads to the making of the fellowship. This quotation shows how determined Aragorn was to destroy the ring. He was willing to give up his life to protect Frodo and the ring in order for it to get to Mount Doom. The aspiration of the ring getting destroyed made Aragorn determined and it triggered something in