# Lord Of The Rings : The Two Towers (book) themes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642 "2003-12-07T23:15:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PhoenixPhlame73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@PhoenixPhlame73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhoenixPhlame73)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/1 "2003-12-07T23:15:41Z")
I’m looking for some themes that can be found in the Two Towers and some quotes that support them. Quite a book, it’s hard for me to focus on it the entire time, so I’m just going to make this pretty general and see what kind of responses I get. ---
**Author:** ![Church\_Key\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Church\_Key\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Church_Key_Kid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/2 "2003-12-07T23:25:16Z")
If you’re going to cheat by having us do your homework for you, which not just watch the movies and cheat on your own? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/3 "2003-12-07T23:27:11Z")
General Questions is for questions with factual answers. Cafe Society is our salon for art, drama, literature, movies, music – all the artistic disciplines. Off to Cafe Society. **DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator ---
**Author:** ![PhoenixPhlame73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@PhoenixPhlame73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhoenixPhlame73)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/4 "2003-12-07T23:40:43Z")
My apologies Dr, wasn’t sure where to put it so I stuck it in the most generic-sounding forum. fatdave : meh, I’m reading the books, taking notes, but multiple opinions never hurt, right? 🙂 Granted that I’m reading the ~500 page book rather than The Pearl, weighing in at a whopping 94 pages, I’m not exactly a huge slacker 😉 ---
**Author:** ![myles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@myles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myles)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/5 "2003-12-07T23:54:26Z")
You should remember that the Lord of the Rings is not truly a trilogy as such. Tolkien originally wrote it as one huge novel, but his publisher wanted to break it down, to make it easier to read and to sell, that being the case, themes that are significant in the Two Towers are the same as those throughout the story. However, you could easily find more specific examples for each theme in each particular part of the story, i.e. the Ents representing an old forgotten nature abused by modern industry. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/6 "2003-12-08T02:08:00Z")
**Pearl**? As in > [@](#): > > Pearl of delight that a prince doth please > To grace in gold enclosed so clear, > I vow that from over orient seas > Never proved I any in price her peer. ? Given the choice, always choose the poem to analyse. Much higher bullshit levels can be achieved. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/7 "2003-12-08T02:10:23Z")
Here’s a nice synopsis of each of the books of LOTR. Enjoy! [http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/homework.htm#TT](http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/homework.htm#TT) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-book-themes/217642/8 "2003-12-08T02:48:11Z")
Um, **DrFidelius** , he said _The Pearl_, not “Pearl”. As in the book by Steinbeck, I presume (that being a very common high school reading assignment).