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The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings?is an?epic?high fantasy? novel written by English author?J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkiens 1937 childrens fantasy novel?The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during?World War II. ?It is the?second best-selling novel ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.The title of the novel refers to the storys main?antagonist, the?Dark Lord?Sauron,?who had in an earlier age created the?One Ring?to rule the other?Rings of Power?as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of?Middle-earth. Gandalf, a?WizardLegolas, an?Elven?princeBoromirGimli, a?warriorAragorn,a?RangerFrodo BagginsMerryPippinSamThe Fellowship of the RingFrodo Baggins knew the Ringwraiths were searching for him — and the Ring of Power he bore that would enable Sauron to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth. Now it was up to Frodo and his faithful servant, Sam, to carry the Ring to where it could be destroyed — in the very center of Saurons dark kingdom of Mordor.The Return of the KingFrodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor. But the way was impossibly hard, and Frodo was weakening. Meanwhile, the people of Gondor and Rohan prepared to face the full assault of Saurons forces.?Themes of The Lord of the RingsAlthough The Lord of the Rings was published in the 1950s, Tolkien insisted that the One Ring was not an allegory for the Atomic Bomb, nor were his works a strict allegory of any kind, but were open to interpretation as the reader saw fit. A few critics have found what they consider to be racial elements in the story, generally based upon their views of how Tolkien‘s imagery depicts good and evil, characters’ race and that the character‘s race is seen as determining their behaviour. I think Frodos journey represent human exploring their own nature. The Ring meanings vicious rights and Frodos fighting with it represents the human strug