Review Of The Book Eowyn From The Lord Of The Rings

Eowyn from the Lord of the Rings: Eowyn in the books is a very cold, very unhappy, character. She’s been relegated to nurse maid to a sick uncle while her brother gets to go out and fight and do all the things she wants to do. Like have a life of any kind. While her brother loves her he kind of doesn’t pay attention to what’s going on with her at all. It never even occurs to him that maybe she’s not super psyched about watching over her sickly uncle all the time. He just assumes she’s cool with it because that’s what ladies do. It’s Gandalf who points out to Eomer, later, that maybe he should have thought about what it was like for her to be cooped up in Meduseld, watching her family disintegrate and the world fall apart. That she had no less of a fierce spirit than he does, just because she’s female. In the book, Eomer has a major realization after that, that he might not really have ever known his sister. This is a bit of a running theme when it comes to Eowyn . She is also being stalked by a gross little man who is slowly poisoning her uncle’s mind and clearly expects to get her as a â€Å"reward† later. Eowyn isn’t stupid, she’s well aware of the danger she’s in and that she has basically no one to turn to if things go majorly south, especially once Eomer is banished. Her life is exactly what she most fears: a cage. She has a lot of very good reasons to feel trapped and bitter. Enter Aragorn, who in the books is a lot more Arrogant Lordly Dude and a lot less Scruffy Nice GuyShow MoreRelated Christianity And Lord Of The Rings Essays3430 Words   |  14 Pageswork after his (or her) own worldview. Tolkien is no exception. quot;I am a Christian...quot; he writes(1), and his book shows it. Christianity appears not as allegory--Tolkien despises that(2)--nor as analogy, but as deep under girding presuppositions, similarities of pattern, and shared symbols. That there should be similarities between the presuppositions of of The Lord of the Rings and Tolkiens Catholic faith is to be expected given Tolkiens own views on Christianity and myth. Regarding the gospel