Category: The Two Towers

Sauron`s wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift. The battle for Helm`s Deep is over. The battle for Middle-Earth is about to begin. All our hopes now lie with two little Hobbits somewhere in the Wilderness.

Gandalf

While Sam is reintegrating hope into their journey with his speech, Faramir stands close by hearing his every word. After his near-death experience under the tip of the Sting, Sam is startled by Faramir`s presence. Since the Men appear to be a threat to them as their captors, it is only understandable Sam would react in this way. However, as he is about to discover, his speech did not only affect his little company. 

It`s me. It`s your Sam. Don`t you know your Sam?

Sam

Osgiliath burns! Mordor has come.

Man of Gondor

A devastating sight. The enemy has reached Gondor. Darkness descends on the world of Men. 

Professor Tolkien gave the Ents explicit voices, thoughts and a language of their own. It is an exaggerated representation of what occurs in nature. The trees may not walk and talk, as they do in Tolkien`s writings, but they communicate in their own way nevertheless. Just because we can`t see it, does not mean it doesn`t exist.

We Ents have not troubled about the wars of Men and Wizards for a very long time. But now, something is about to happen that has not happened for an Age. Entmoot.

Treebeard

Meanwhile in the woods of Fangorn…

Haldir's Lament

Ar sindanóriello caita mornië
Ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë

And out of a grey country darkness lies
And all paths are drowned deep in shadow

 English and Quenya Texts by J.R.R. Tolkien

We are easily influenced by other people`s positivity. If we are in a bad mood, and someone who is having a good day engages us in a conversation, odds are we will become more positive. Even if the person does not engage us directly, a positive aura that surrounds that person becomes a force that influences all those surrounding it.