Lord of the rings
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Gollum vs. Smeagol
The Two Towers is the second book in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. In this book, Gollum, a character in which people know little about, plays a very important role. From the previous books The Hobbit (which is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings) and The Fellowship of the Ring, he is portrayed as an evil being that will do anything to possess his "precious", which is the one ring that was made by the dark lord Sauron. In The Two Towers however, some light is shed on what Gollum was like before he obtained the ring through his alter-ego Smeagol. The creature Gollum is a prime example of the ring's power and how it corrupts all who possess it. Throughout The Two Towers it can be seen that Gollum has two different personalities, and that there is some good deep down inside of him...