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Determination In The Lord Of The Rings
Determination is important in life. Without determination, society would never advance. In the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ring by Peter Jackson, Jackson shows the significance of determination when Frodo set of on the quest to destroy the ring, when Gandalf sacrificed his life in order to save the ring, and when Boromir fought until he was no longer capable of fighting anymore. Immediately after Frodo Baggins, an ordinary hobbit, was introduced to the ring, he knew a mission had to be accomplished and that no other but himself was capable of getting the ring outside of the Shire and on its way to Mordor. Throughout the journey, Frodo faced several challenges and in order to complete them, determination had to take

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