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¶ … second of the Ring trilogy by Tolkien, the Two Towers takes place in Middle Earth and the events immediately follow the events in the first book, Fellowship of the Ring (which followed the prefacing story told in The Hobbit).
List two main characters and tell something about each one.
Peregrin ("Pippin") Took and Meriadoc ("Merry") Brandybuck are both captured by the fierce Urak-Hai after the fellowship was betrayed by Boromir. These two hobbits, cousins of Frodo (the Ringbearer), manage to escape when the Rohorrim attack and destroy the orcs holding them hostage and are befriended by the erstwhile leader of the Ents, "Treebeard." Treebeard takes the two hobbits to his home and provides Pippin and Merry with near-magical "Ent draughts" (two different types) that appear to make them both taller than all other hobbits back in The Shire (an important attribute that will play an important role in The Return of the King)...
Following the destruction of one of the "two towers" (Saruman's Orthanc) by the enraged Ents, Pippin and Merry manage to rejoin with Aragorn, Gandalf, the dwarf and elf to resume their search for Frodo and Sam.
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What is the main conflict of the book?
The main conflict that runs throughout The Two Towers is the same one that runs throughout all three of the trilogy's books (and The Hobbit): the fundamental battle between good (as exemplified by Gandalf et al.) and evil (as exemplified by Sauron and his minions).
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What is the climax of the story?
The climax of this story occurs at the novel's end when Sam is forced to take the Ring of Power from Frodo because he thinks Shelob has killed him. Sam, though, learns the truth about his master when he dons the Ring and pursues the orcs that have captured Frodo, only to…
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