The Lord of the Rings was made possible all because of the popularity of The Hobbit and its request for a sequel. ... "The Lord of the Rings tells how Frodo, Bilbo's nephew, inherits Bilbo's magic invisible ring, and with it a great burden. The ring can make its owner Ruler of the World (as in Wagner's Ring Cycle) and so it must be destroyed before Sauron, Lord of the Rings, who made it, can find it again" (Yates). ... Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have important factors contributed by WW I. ... As seen in Frodo's experience in The Lord of the Rings, w...

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