(Part of an ongoing series detailing our Lost Tools of Writing adventures. Previous posts here.)
On to Lesson 4 Invention!
(Reminder of our practice essay issue: whether Boromir should have tried to take the Ring from Frodo.)
We defined the Ring today. It is a magic object, like:
1. Merlin's wand
2. H.G. Wells' time machine
3. Frodo's light
4. the nickel in Half Magic
5. the metal horse from Arabian Nights
6. the golden tablet of Ra from "Night at the Museum"
7. the cake in Alice
8. Lucy's cordial in Narnia
These are all objects that can be used to do something extraordinary. The Ring is unlike these other objects in that it is immoral. (The others are either moral or amoral.)
It has the following characteristics:
1. it is round
2. it has Elvish writing on it
3. it is jewelry
4. it is gold
5. it was created by Sauron
6. it is from Mordor
7. it is evil
8. it is hypnotic
9. it is pretty
10. it makes people invisible
11. it corrupts its owners
12. it is magic
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