EFFECT: Sauron is defeated forever

when the source of all his power (The

CAUSE: Gollum trips and falls into a
One Ring) is destroyed
volcano, destroying the Ring with himself

CAUSE: Frodo and Gollum fight over the

Ring. Gollum wins and gets the Ring

CAUSE: After many perilous adventures,

Frodo gets to Mordor with the Ring

CAUSE: Frodo goes on a journey with

friends and allies to destroy the Ring

CAUSE: Bilbo eventually gives the

Ring to Frodo

CAUSE: Bilbo finds the Ring in

Gollum’s cave and takes it with him

CAUSE: Gollum finds the Ring in the

river and flees with it to a cave

CAUSE: The human king is killed and

the Ring goes in a river

CAUSE: Sauron loses the One Ring

and it is picked up by the human king

PERSON or EVENT: The fall of Sauron

at the end of the Third Age of CAUSE: Sauron is defeated but not
Middle Earth destroyed by an alliance of elves and men

Image Source: bbc.com

 1. What is ONE cause (pick one), if removed or changed, that would significantly change the effect?
What if Gollum had not fought Frodo for the One Ring?

1. Why would this cause have changed the effect?

Frodo might not have chosen to destroy the One Ring. He might have kept it. He was already about to do so before he and Gollum fought. Then
Sauron would not have been destroyed. As long as The One Ring existed, then so did Sauron.

2. What might a new effect have been (use your imagination)?

Since Frodo was in Mordor, Sauron’s forces might have found him and taken the Ring from him, ensuring Sauron would win and probably rule all of Middle
Earth.

Works Cited Section: List here all resources your group used to get your information. List the title of any books used (i.e. your textbook) and the
web address of an internet sources used.

 Book: The Lord of the Rings series

 Webpage: http://lotrproject.com/blog/2013/01/20/visual-timeline-of-the-one-ring/
 Webpage: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_One_Ring