May 4, 2020
4 min read
The Siege of Gondor as an image of American politics
The Siege of Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is presented in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation as a heroic battle between good and evil, and in that medium, it is inspiring. However, in the source material, the author had the opportunity to build a fuller world in which the prior failures of the southern Númenorian kingdom and its weary leadership as the War of the Ring looms explain…
