An Epic Comparison

The Lord of the Rings

Jake Sully Frodo Baggins• Bonding to the Toruk

• Neytiri tells him he has a good heart

• After they plan to execute him, he still helps them fight

• Menatly he has the strength to learn a new culture

• Volunteered to take the ring

• Becoming friends with every new person who meets him

• Gave no concern to his own life

• To carry on after all was lost

Sub-Heroes

• Neytiri• Grace• Norm• Tsu’tey• Trudy

• Hobbits• Gandalf• Aragorn• Gimli• Legolas

The Quest

• To learn about the Na’vi

• To save Pandora and its inhabits

• To take the ring to Mordor

• To save Middle Earth

Geographical Distance

• Pandora • Middle Earth

Guides

• Netyiri• Grace• Norm

• Gandalf• Smeagol• Sam

Supernatural Forces

• Spirit1. Connection to the

moon

2. Tree of Souls

3. Bonding of creatures

• Magic1. Rings

2. Gandalf

3. Elves

Creatures

• Toruk• Pa’li• Na’vi• Ikran• Palulukan

• Elves• Hobbits• Dwarves• Orcs• Eagles

In Media Res

• The story starts in the middle of a pre-existing story. Jake gets to the moon when the military is on the verge of over taking the Na’vi.

• The flash back when we see how Smeagol got the ring.

External Conflict

• The epic battle scene of Pandora vs. the Marines

• The battle at Minas Tirith.

• The battle at the gates of Mordor.

Internal Conflict

• Jake’s conflict for the Na’vi of Pandora against his own People of Earth.

• Frodo’s conflict with the ring.

• Aragorn’s conflict with becoming king.

Theme

• To follow what you believe no matter what it contradicts.

• Be wary of human nature

• Stephen Hawking

Language

• The Na’vi Language