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  • Essay / The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Peter Jackson and...

    The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Peter Jackson and the Arabian Tale of Buluqiya are two stories that depict the hero's journey and the small tasks that advance the big. In both works, the hero's main undertaking is a ring believed to grant immortality and the power to control all living things. However, Buluqiya's tale focuses on the search for said ring while that of the film series is the destruction of the ring due to its different origin. The call to adventure and exposure to the ring and its existence presents itself similarly in both works, motivated by the absence of the main character's father figure, but while Frodo expresses his refusal at the call of his mentor, Buluqiya seeks the guide. this will help him achieve his goal. A similarity between the two works is the supernatural help they receive not only from their guide but from other beings and that they have many obstacles to overcome to arrive at their final destination. Once the journey is over, our protagonists have both changed, unable to return to the place they once were. The beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Tale of Buluqia describes the origin of the ring. In the film it is stated: "In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron secretly forged a Master Ring to control all others...and into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his wickedness and its desire to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all…” A war later ensued over this ring and even those who fought Sauron succumbed to the power of the ring. Therefore, from the beginning, the ring has a definitive negative association with all things evil. Meanwhile, in the Tale of Buluqia, the ring is said to be "the magic ring that Adam, father in the middle of a paper... filled Middle-earth." Although he "set out to save the Shire, and it [was] saved," it was not saved for him, because "[t]here are some things that time cannot mend." Some wounds are too deep. It set in. » The differences between the protagonists and the journey they take in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings series and Buluqiya's Arabian Tale show the difference in the cultures that created them. On the one hand, The Lord of the Rings shows that the hero does not seek the task but is presented to him and that the rewards that result from it are circumstantial. In our culture, we don't look favorably on someone who seeks wealth and eternal life, but rather someone who puts the needs of others before their own. We view heroes as those who are able to be the best person they can be, without giving in to the temptations of the world, but doing what is beneficial for all beings..