2.0 Novel

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Fellowship of the Ring. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Print.

The Lord of the Rings which most people know as a movie was made based on the novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien.  In the book the characters find themselves in the Orcs mining shaft being chased by a large beast.  This beast is symbolic of the spirit of satan.  The modern day interpretation of satan has been skewed from biblical interpretation.  The bible describes satan as disguised as an angel of light.  The modern day interpretation came from art and poetry made in medieval era that conveyed satan as a fire red goat with horns and a pitch fork (irony).  The large beast in the book has a whip made of fire and is covered in fire himself.  The beast chases the characters to the ends of the mine shaft and is about to catch them before they escape, but Gandalf the grey stands before the beast.  The beast struggles with Gandalf the grey on a small platform.  Gandalf the grey then destroys the platform they are on casting the beast along with himself into a pit.  Gandalf the grey is then resurrected as Gandalf the White.  Which follows along with the story of Jesus who was transfigured in Luke 9.