In the book, "The Fellowship of the Ring", by J.R.R Tolkien, there are several themes. Some themes are more evident than others but each one has their own value and importance towards the story. I believe that the three most important themes in this book are Corruption of Power, Friendship, and Nature.
             The first theme that I am going to talk about is the Corruption of Power. Many years ago, the dark lord Sauron secured up much of his power in the "One Ring". Whoever controls and rules this one ring, will have some access to this power. The full extent of the ring's power never becomes entirely apparent to us, however, we do get the feeling that the ring symbolizes an unlimited power, which proves to be entirely corrupting and demoralizing to whoever possesses it. The corruption of the ring has taken its toll on such characters as Sauron, Gollum, Bilbo, and now Frodo. Regardless of Frodo's immense efforts, he cannot resist the temptation of using the ring and even though Frodo's intentions are good, the ring's power is slowly starting to turn him to evil. Not only is Frodo corrupted by the Ring, but other people on the journey are intrigued by its presence such as Bilbo, the Dark Riders, and Boromir.
             Tolkien immediately starts to develop the theme, the corruption of power, of the ring in the first chapter of the book. Bilbo is about to leave the Shire for a lengthy amount of time, and for some unknown reason, the ring is making him very anxious. When Gandalf advises him to leave it behind, Bilbo gets very angry and draws his sword. This proves to us that his desire for the ring is so strong, that he considers attacking his long time friend, Gandalf. In chapter three, we begin to see the first signs of the ring's influence and corruption on Frodo. While staying at the home of Tom Bombadil, Frodo becomes very intense and worried that Tom has stolen...