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Tolkien's
Foreward
5
I highly recommend reading Tolkien's Foreward if your edition includes it, so you can hear his thoughts on
the creation of the story.
FOTR 1.1
"Frodo came in"
"I am going to bed"
59
44
0.5
the handoff of the ring to Frodo, very much less urgent than in the movie
FOTR 1.1
last paragraph
64
50
0.5
Gandalf walks away looking bent, the fi rst indication of the dark tone, a very memorable moment for me that
is not in the movie.
FOTR 1.2
"As time went on"
"toappear in the Shire."
66
52
0.5
17 years pass between Bilbo's departure from Bag End and Gandalf's return with the fi nal word on the
identity of the Ring. More on what Gandalf was up to next.
"'You have seen Gollum?'"
"Indeed, Frodo, I fear that he
may even think that the long-
unnoticed name of Baggins
has become important.'"
82
65
3
Gandalf interviewed Gollum twice during the 17-year gap, and on the second occasion he was with
Aragorn.
FOTR 1.3
"'You ought to go quietly, and
you ought to go soon.'" (1st
sentence)
"If he does, I really shall turn
him into a toad.'"
92
74
1
Frodo doesn't leave Bag End for Bree for a few months, which is much less urgent than the way Gandalf
sends him off in the movie.
"'Elves!' exclaimed Sam in a
hoarse whisper."
End of chapter
108
88
7
This is the hobbits' encounter with some elves led by Gildor. In the movie (extended edition) it is just a quick
but pretty scene of some elves walking past singing.
FOTR 1.5
"'Well!' said Frodo at last"
"We ride before the break of
day!"
136
113
3
This is how the four hobbits came to travel together, as opposed to having Frodo and Sam trip over Merry
and Pippin on their way, as in the movie.
FOTR 1.6-1.8
These three chapters are cut in their entirety from the movie, and instead the Hobbits appear immediately in
Bree. You can read it all (45 p.) or you can read my highlights below, which include a snippet from Chapter
7 and one from Chapter 8.
FOTR 1.7
"Indeed so much did Tom
know"
"'noris aught that goes on
two legs.'"
170
144
1
Tom Bombadil is unaffected by the Ring; he is a more powerful force of nature. Said another way, the ring
has defi nite limits on its power.
FOTR 1.8
"Frodo fell forward"
"oneof the adventures in
which their flights would land
them."
180
153
5
The Hobbits escape the Barrow-Downs and obtain blades of Westernesse. Merry uses this to stab the
Witch King in the battle in Return of the King, which is shown in the movie. The blade was forged to fi ght
that very same Witch King long ago in history, so I think it's cool to know that Merry stabs him later with a
special weapon.
FOTR 1.10
"'Well?' said Strider."
"If once we shake off the
pursuit, I shall make for
Weathertop.'"
211
181
3
Strider/Aragorn has the broken sword with him from the start, it is not brought to him later by Elrond, which
was a ridiculous idea anyway, I felt.
FOTR 1.11
"In the end there was more
than three hours delay."
"'But I reckon I'll miss them
both before long.'"
221
191
2
Introduction to poor abused Bill the Pony, who is in the movie, but only mentioned by name once when Sam
sends him away outside the Mines of Moria. He is a signifi cant friend for Sam, so I am including him here.
FOTR 1.12
"As soon as the daylight was
full"
"to seem so much better
than its former life."
244
211
0.5
Short paragraph about Bill's contentment to be with Sam.
"Strider sprang from hiding"
"betterthan many a good
breakfast in the Shire had
done."
256
221
3
The Elf Glorfi ndel, not Arwen, helps Aragorn and the Hobbits after the attack on Weathertop, and he stays
with them rather than taking Frodo on the long horsey chase from the movie.
FOTR 2.2
"'So it was indeed,' answered
Elrond gravely."
"seekingthe house of Elrond,
of which many had heard,
but few knew where it lay"
292
4
Elrond's fascinating history lesson and Boromir's riddle, which foreshadowed Hobbits and shows that some
power higher than Sauronis manipulating events.
"Time passed with many
cares"
"thatneither he nor Sauron
has foreseen."
302
5
The tale of Gollum, Gandalf, Aragorn, and Legolas that is not in the movie.
FOTR 2.3
"The Sword of Elendil was
forged anew"
"Flame of the West."
331
0.5
Just one paragraph. Here in Rivendell, the Elves reforge the Sword of Elendil and Aragorn wields his new
sword for the rest of the story. In the movies, there is a very ridiculous alternate story of the Sword, where
Elrond himself for some reason visits Aragorn when he is camping with the Riders of Rohan, and tries to
convince him to take the sword and try to become King. Aragorn has no hesitation in the books, he is
consciously working towards the goal of becoming King, and so he remakes the sword now that he is
setting out on the fi nal quest to achieve that goal.
FOTR 2.7
"'Many things I can command
the mirror to reveal,'"
"He stepped back shaking all
over and looked at the Lady."
427
3
The fascinating portents Sam and Frodo see in the mirror of Galadriel. The mirror was in the movie, but
here Sam sees a foreshadowing of something covered in a later chapter cut from the movie, and Frodo
sees several additional interesting things, including the resurrection of Gandalf.
FOTR 2.8
"'For you little gardener and
lover of trees,'"
"willnever be seen on earth
again save in memory."
443
1
Galadriel's gift to Sam, which he uses in a later chapter cut from the movie.
FOTR 2.9
"Legolas laid down his
paddle..."
"Have your weapons close to
hand!'"
456
1
The fi rst encounter with the Nazgul's flying mounts, a bit earlier than in the movies, and the whole
Fellowship is there for it. And Legolas wounds it with an arrow!
TTT
Note the strange structure of this novel. All of TTT book 1 is about Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, Pippin
and Gandalf. All of book 2 is about Frodo and Sam. This means when book 2 starts, the timeframe moves
all the way back to the beginning. Peter Jackson's intercutting of the two stories was by far the more natural
choice for a movie, especially since it reminds me of the intercutting of the plotlines in The Empire Strikes
Back, where the protagonists are also separated throughout the story.
TTT 1.1
0
The movie nails Boromir's death, but note that it doesn't happen in the Fellowship book, but here in chapter
1 of The Two Towers. (No need to read the chapter, just note the name: "The Departure of Boromir.")
TTT 1.3
"Pippin and Merry sat up."
"too crushed for the moment,
and too afraid to move."
68
2.5
Merry and Pippin take a lot more initiative in escaping the orcs than in the movie. They bait and manipulate
a chief of the Mordor clan of Orcs by pretending to have the Ring.
TTT 1.4
"The afternoon came"
"Down with Saruman!'"
103
2
Treebeard and the Ents decide all by themselves to attack Saruman at Isengard, after going over the
evidence in their Entmoot meeting. There is no need for Merry to lecture them, or for Pippin to fool
Treebeard into walking past Isengard, both of which make the Ents look foolish. The Ents are more
appropriately seen as wise and ancient.
TTT 1.5
"'What then shall I say?'"
"Thanks to Saruman.'"
118
1
Gandalf's exposition of the current situation. I include it because it provides a lot of insight into the mind of
Sauron, whose motives in the story are not presented in the movies.
TTT 1.7
"There suddenly upon a ridge
appeared"
"'Erkenbrand!'"
172
0.5
This brief snippet stands in for one major and one minor change the movies made to the Helm's Deep
section. First, Éomer is with the rest of the army at Helm's Deep in the book, he is not exiled off by himself,
and does not arrive at the 11th hour with Gandalf as he does in the fi lms. In the book it is a much lesser
character, Erkenbrand, whom Gandalf brings to the Deep at dawn on the fi nal morning of the battle. That's
the minor issue, because there are only so many characters they can introduce, and it adds a heroic
moment for Éomer that is appropriate for his character. The major change concerns Aragorn, and I am
putting it here because it's an addition to the fi lms that concerns Helm's Deep. In the book, Aragorn also
accompanies the Rohirrim to Helm's Deep and is not sidetracked in any way. The movie invents two very
large changes along the way to Helm's Deep for Aragorn. First is the warg attack (the wolves that are ridden
by orcs). One warg ends up dragging Aragorn over a cliff, where he falls into a river. Then comes the
second change. While lying unconscious after floating down the river, Aragorn is visited by a vision of Arwen
who kisses him back to life from near-death. Also, his horse gives him a nice kiss as well and guides the
barely conscious Aragorn to Helm's Deep. These additions are from some adventure movie, and don't really
suite the regality of Aragorn's character. It also places too much superfi cial magic into his relationship with
Arwen.
TTT 1.10
"He raised his hand"
"'It is the end,' said Gandalf.
'Let us go.'"
223
1
This is the confrontation with Saruman. In the fi lms it takes place in the fi rst scene of (the extended edition
of) The Return of the King. In the movie, Saruman for some reason is standing one mile up on top of
Orthanc, as opposed to standing on his balcony like he's supposed to. But that's not the main difference.
The difference is that in the movie, Saruman dies at this point because Wormtongue stabs him and he falls
off the tower. In fact he does not die at this point, he's just being held in Orthanc, and is killed at the very
end of the story, as we will see. Also, in the movie Pippin fi nds the Palantir stone in the water, whereas in
the book it's a nice moment when Wormtongue throws it out of a window and almost kills Gandalf with it. It's
a shame it's missing from the movie, because it's an example of one of Tolkein's big themes, that evil
undoes itself, for example here when the inept assistant, in his haste to do something destructive, ends up
doing more harm to the evil side (by giving them a powerful seeing stone that they make good use of, and
by denying that stone to his master Saruman for any future use he might have put it to.)
TTT 1.11
"In a low hesitating voice"
"He laid his hand softly on
Pippin's head."
234
1
An interesting moment where Pippin relates what exactly happened while he was holding the Palantir stone
and met Sauron. And Sauron actually asks Pippin to tell Saruman something -- ha!
TTT 2.2
"Sam looked back and found"
"'You should not look in when
the candles are lit.'"
277
0.5
It's a bit silly in the movie when Frodo falls into the dead marshes and floats around underwater for a while
looking at the ghosts. In the book, they are drawn morbidly to look into the water, and Sam does fall into the
mud. But falling all the way into the water and seeing ghosts seemed a bit literal. Tolkien never likes to
make it clear whether this sort of magic is purely psychological, or has some reality external to the victim, so
turning the ghosts into literal ghosts sort of defeats one of the subtler purposes.
TTT 2.5
"Now Faramir's voice sank to a
whisper."
"Frodo son of Drogo.'"
330
0.5
These three citations from TTT 2.5 and 2.6 are crucial, because together they completely alter the core of
one of the major characters, Faramir. In both movie and book, Faramir is confronted with the decision of
how to handle the Ring and Frodo once they cross paths. But the movie does Faramir, and in my opinion
the movie, a disservice by reversing Faramir's decision versus the book. In the movie, he is a rather cruel
person, and decides to hold Frodo captive and take him to Minas Tirith, so that his father can use the Ring
as a weapon. It's not that insane to have him do this, since his brother Boromir also thought this was the
right course of action. But to disentangle Frodo from Faramir, the movie has an elaborate sequence where
they travel through Osgiliath, get mixed up in a battle, and confront a Ringwraith, who nearly captures Frodo
by getting him to put on the Ring. Only then does Faramir realize how important it is for Frodo's quest to
succeed and he frees him. In the book, Faramir already has enough wisdom to arrive at this insight when
they meet, and although his relationship with his father is the same poor one we see in the movie, he still
knows that it is the right thing to do to free Frodo, and he does it. And he's not even indecisive about it. He
is a much more contemplative person than Boromir, and has more of the elvish side of the family in him
than his brother does. I think the contrast between Boromir and Faramir is an interesting one, even for a
movie.
TTT 2.5
"'I don't know about perilous,'
said Sam."
"Once is enough.'"
340
1.5
Faramir learns a bit more about the Ring, and about how Boromir tried to steal it, and reiterates his decision
not to take it.
TTT 2.6
"'Come hither!' said Faramir."
"Gollum made no reply."
352
1.5
This one pains me. In the movie, Faramir's men hit and throw Gollum, and Faramir himself strikes, grabs
and throws Gollum. It's just awful behavior, and completely out of character. In fact he is gentle, just and
merciful in this scene where he decides what to do with Gollum. This is one of the excerpts that caused me
to start this project.
TTT 2.9
"Hardly had Sam hidden the
light"
"So far Gollum's plot had
succeeded."
395
2
Sam never leaves Frodo's side. This is the scene where they are trying to escape Shelob and they are
together, but Gollum attacks Sam and that is why Frodo is left vulnerable to Shelob's attack. In the movie,
Frodo confronts Shelob alone because Sam has been sent away. I am of two minds about the subplot in the
movie where Gollum manages to drive a wedge between Sam and Frodo. It's a huge, huge difference from
the books, because it creates a different outcome for Sam's loyalty. But on the other hand, it is thematically
consistent with how the Ring works, and so having Frodo sympathize with Gollum and begin to distrust Sam
does sort of work.
ROTK 1.1
"For answer Gandalf cried
aloud to his horse"
"on the borders of Rohan.'"
20
0.5
The beacons of Gondor are lit while Gandalf and Pippin are still riding towards Minas Tirith. This is one of
the consequences of a decision the moviemakers made about Denethor, which is one of the most
problematic of the third movie. In the book, Denethor is very strong, wise and powerful, but he has been
ground down into pessimism by exposure to Sauron via his palantir stone. In the movie he is a cruel, insane
buffoon, and so Gandalf has to do everything himself to defend Minas Tirith, including have Pippin sneak up
onto a beacon and light it. Total silliness.
ROTK 1.1
"'I have received this,' said
Denethor."
"'I could now eat three
breakfasts on end.'"
29
3
This short scene establishes Denethor's character. There is a parallel scene in the movie that similarly
establishes his movie character. They are very, very different.
ROTK 1.1
"'You are Peregrin the
Halfling?'"
"we will go thence to the
butteries.'"
36
2
Keep reading past my ending point if you want. This is to give you a taste of the remaining 14 pages of
chapter 1. In it, Pippin explores Minas Tirith with his guide Beregond and then Beregond's son Bergil. It
fleshes out the city and the people of Gondor in a fun and "medievally" way.
ROTK 1.2
"'Rohan? Rohan did you say?'"
"while the night's journey
lasted."
55
2
Some characters eliminated from the movie. These are fellow Dunedain (rangers who protect The Shire and
other lands unbeknownst to their inhabitants) who are friends of Aragorn, plus two of Elrond's sons. They
deliver the reminder to Aragorn of his fate to use the Paths of the Dead, and they bring a furled banner of
Gondor made by Arwen. These guys are replaced in the movie by Elrond himself, who rides all the way to
Rohan to deliver Aragorn his remade sword, and to urge him to pursue his goal to become king and use the
Paths of the Dead. Thematically, the movie gets it wrong, because Aragorn is in fact wise and determined
enough to pursue this important goal. The movie implies a big gap in the stature of Elrond and Aragorn that
is not really the case with Aragorn's character. Conversely, the Aragorn of the books is not an action hero,
but rather a stronger, gloomier, and much more focused character.
ROTK 1.2
"Together they went back into
the Burg"
"That is the Paths of the
Dead.'"
62
1
Another signifi cant moment for Aragorn that's not in the movie. He looks into the palantir stone that was
thrown at them in Isengard, and directly reveals himself to Sauron, and challenges him. Aragorn's life has
been kept secret from Sauron, so Sauron is defi nitely distressed by this news. This is part of the more
substantial character of Aragorn that the books present.
ROTK 1.3
"'Dark tidings,' said Theoden"
"away beyond the Gate of
Kings."
87
0.5
Theoden does not hesitate to ride to Gondor's aid. He is already mustering his armies to do just that,
because he knows what's going on. The movies try to present a little extra conflict and tension by having
Theoden feel petulant toward Gondor for not preventing orcs from attacking villages in Rohan. A lot of the
movies' changes come from this desire for more tension. Are they right? I don't know. But a fan of the books
such as myself probably can't enjoy the extra tension anyway.
ROTK 1.4
"'Comfort me not with
wizards!'"
"the last defence of the City
of Gondor."
118
0.5
The most ridiculous moment of the entire movie trilogy is when Gandalf smacks Denethor in the face with
his staff. What a waste of Denethor, such a wonderful, conflicted, noble character. This excerpt presents the
less silly moment when Gandalf takes over defense of the city.
ROTK 1.4
"In rode the Lord of the
Nazgûl."
"Rohan had come at last."
125
1
Signifi cant thematic moment missing from the movies. Just as the tension is ratcheted to its highest, a cock
crows in the distance, caring nothing of the Big Events unfolding in the story. It's just an amazing moment,
to thrust you out of the story like that. But it has the effect of making you pretty sure the good guys will win.
Why is that? Maybe because the evil machinations just don't matter to so much of the world.
ROTK 1.6
"And then wonder took him."
"their doom was at hand."
150
0.5
Another thematic problem. See, the battle does NOT turn because a huge ghost army pours off the boat
and kills everything like a commercial for Scrubbing Bubbles. The ghosts were only used to scare everyone
off the boats, and then the ghosts are freed (see later excerpt). The tide of battle is changed merely by the
arrival of Aragorn on a boat, because although it's an enemy boat and everyone thinks a fresh attack is
coming, he unfurls the banner of Gondor that Arwen made for him, and everyone can see it. It rouses the
good guys with hope, and strikes fear into the bad guys. The character of Aragorn, and the meaning of
having a King, are more signifi cant than the movie presents.
ROTK 1.7
"Then Denethor leaped upon
the table"
"nor was ever again seen by
mortal men."
159
0.5
Denethor dies a bit less ridiculously. He sets fi re to the pyre, and burns. He is grasping the palantir through
which he has been shown depressing images by Sauron, which is why he has gone insane. He doesn't run
out the door and all the way to the cliff and jump off. How much indignity must one noble character suffer?
ROTK 1.7
"They looked at him"
"not Faramir only."
161
1
This is the explanation of how Denethor fell into madness. It's very thematic as well. Sauron cannot lie to
you through the palantir, but he can choose what to show you, and thereby deceive you. It's a trusim in our
modern world, with spin doctors and talk radio.
ROTK 1.8
"Aragorn went fi rst to Merry"
"and the news ran through
the City."
170
4
Aragorn has the power to heal the Enemy's wounds. This is known in the lore of the City, and the whole
scene (which continues if you want to keep reading, as Aragorn heals Eowyn and Merry as well) drives
home another aspect of Aragorn's character that makes him much more than an ordinary mortal man. He is
more of a mythological fi gure.
ROTK 1.9
"Swiftly then he told of the
haunted road"
"and it seemed to me that I
awoke from a dream."
184
3
This is the retroactive telling, by Legolas, of how the ghosts were used to take the ships that Aragorn used
to sail to Gondor.
ROTK 2.1
"His thought turned to the
Ring"
"not the hands of others to
command."
216
1
Fascinating look inside Sam's mind while he is carrying the Ring in Mordor, before rescuing Frodo from the
Tower of Cirith Ungol. Even he is tempted to take it.
ROTK 2.1
"'Save me, but so I had!'"
"There must be food and
water somewhere in this
place.'"
233
0.5
This is interesting for a couple reasons. First, it talks about the limits of Sauron's power, that he cannot
create new life. This is borne out also in the Silmarillion, so it's an important part of the theology that Tolkien
is bringing into this universe. Second, it's a sign of some of the changes Frodo is undergoing that he has
gained this insight. Frodo changes quite a bit during the novels.
ROTK 2.2
"Frodo sighed and was asleep"
"into a deep untroubled
sleep."
244
0.5
This paragraph is connected to the one in ROTK 1.4 where the cock crows. Here, Sam observes a star, and
it reminds him that "the Shadow was only a small and passing thing." These moments really separate this
story from other fantasy novels. So much of the power of Sauron is psychological. Just stepping outside the
moment and observing a star is enough to gain mastery of the entire situation. Also, the cock scene
contains the word "reck" and this scene contains the word "wrack." Tolkien was a nerd.
ROTK 2.3
"The fi res below awoke in
anger"
"and he was gone."
275
0.5
This one is a big deal. The movie has Frodo get up after his fi nger is bitten off, and try to take the Ring back
from Gollum. In their struggle, they both fall. That's fi ne, but in my opinion, it's extremely signifi cant that in
the book, Gollum falls over the edge all on his own, while dancing in celebration over obtaining the Ring.
Perhaps the most important theme in the book is how evil undoes itself, and this is the prime example.
Gollum's intoxication, which is a work of great evil on the part of the Ring, is the fi nal element in causing the
Ring's own destruction.
ROTK 2.4
"'The King?' said Sam."
"You will be glad to have
them safe again.'"
284
0.5
The salient bit here is that the orc garb that Frodo and Sam wore while in Mordor is highly honored
according to Gandalf, and, I am presuming, Tolkien. There are many things about the horrible Mount Doom
quest that I can't put my fi nger on, but the fact that these disgusting outfi ts, which debased Sam and Frodo
when they wore them as a disguise, have become honored and hallowed, is somehow central for Tolkien.
The are a symbol of the degradation of the quest as a whole, and how it really destroyed Frodo's soul in the
end.
ROTK 2.5
"Over the city of Gondor"
"And the people sang in all
the ways of the City."
291
6.5
These are the fi rst few pages of ROTK 2.5. This is a wonderful sequence where Faramir and Eowyn fall in
love in the Houses of Healing. It is only briefly alluded to in the fi lm, which is strange considering how much
energy they put into all the relationships between the men and women. If you liked the Aragorn/Arwen story
and the brief Aragorn/Arwen/Eowyn love triangle, and if you think Faramir was cute, then you'll love this
excerpt.
ROTK 2.6
"'I observe, my good
Fangorn,'"
"Quickbeam has them.'"
319
0.5
Saruman talked his way out of Orthanc, and has more mischief to deal at the end of the story.
ROTK 2.8
This chapter contains a single large element of the story that was omitted from the movie, referred to by
most by the chapter title, "The Scouring of the Shire." It is about how the Hobbits arrive home to a Shire that
has been taken over by thugs, all being run by a mysterious fellow named Sharkey, who turns out to be
Saruman. Read the entire chapter to get the whole story, but I have also excerpted two bits that contains
the main elements: the key battle, Frodo's priority on pacifi sm, and the end of Saruman.
ROTK 2.8
"The Tooks did come sooner."
"'Well, I suppose it is time
now that we dealt with the
"Chief".'"
363
2
This is the main battle of the chapter, where the main bad guys are driven off by force, with some fatalities
for the good guys. Note that Frodo's role is to minimize the violence.
ROTK 2.8
"'This is worse than Mordor!'"
"'And that'll take a lot of time
and work.'"
367
3.5
Saruman's demise at the hands of Wormtongue, as in the movie, but here it takes place at Frodo's
doorstep!
ROTK Appx B
"Later Events Concerning The
Members of the Fellowship of
the Ring"
"And when that ship passed
an end was come in Middle-
earth of the Fellowship of the
Ring."
470
2
Neat epilogue for the characters that survive the main story. Pippin has a son Faramir. Sam has daughters
Goldilocks and Elanor (Elanor is born in the story itself). Faramir and Elanor eventually get married. Awww.
Total
48
Lord of the Rings: The Complete Differences
in 50 pages
© 2010
–2016
Greg Langmead
This table is a list of excerpts from the Tolkien novels. They contain all the portions that differ substantially from the Extended
Editions of the Peter Jackson movie versions.
There are two types of difference that I deemed substantial. The fi rst type are more mundane differences, for example the
difference in urgency when Frodo leaves Bag End. The second type are differences that I feel are inconsistent with the
thematic content of the novels. These are marked with bold in the fi rst column.
To locate these excerpts, I have provided several tools. I provide the chapter reference, a snippet of text from the start of the
excerpt, and one from the end. I also indicate the page number in two editions of the books, and the number of paperback
pages that the excerpt runs.
I also provide my own commentary for each excerpt, to explain why I included it.
If you listen to the commentary tracks narrated by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens on the Extended Edition
DVDs, you will hear them discuss many of these differences and why they chose to make the change. I highly respect all of
their decisions, simply because they were making movies, and I am sure they know best what works and what doesn't. They
succeeded in bringing almost everything that matters from these stories on to the big screen, and for that I will be forever
thankful.
That said, I do think most of the "problematic" changes have to do with their perception of the difference between the media. To
create more tension in The Two Towers, they changed Faramir's character. To create more panic around the attack on Minas
Tirith, they changed Denethor's character. To keep the love story going, they gave Aragorn an interesting extra "hiccup" on his
way to Helm's Deep. To keep the climax from
“
looking silly
”
, they had Frodo try to physically overpower Gollum to reclaim the
ring. These were probably the right decisions for the movies, I don't know. But my main point is this. The novels have a strong
singular vision that underlies the events. It is partly religious, partly mythological, and partly 20th century. Some of the changes
in the movie directly contradict the thematic content, and my priority was to highlight those, so that people who want to explore
these differences can do so without investing the time up front. They can peruse these changes, and then decide whether to
read the entire trilogy.
