The document discusses views of morality in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. It provides biographical context on Tolkien, noting he was born in South Africa in 1892, moved to England at age 4 after his father's death, fought in WWI where he saw combat and casualties, and specialized in Anglo Saxon and Germanic languages as a professor at Oxford. It also references a quote from Elrond about the paths leading to the road in Lord of the Rings.