Editing The Eye of the World (section)

==Themes and allusions==
Robert Jordan stated that he consciously intended the early chapters of ''The Eye of the World'' to evoke the [[Shire (Middle-earth)|Shire]] of [[Middle-earth]] in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref name="Glimmers-Interview">{{Cite book |title=An Interview with Robert Jordan (from Crossroads of Twilight Prologue) |publisher=Tor Books |year=2002 |isbn=0-7432-4493-1 |pages=134}}</ref> Despite their similarities, the two works differ in themes. Jordan and Tolkien created narratives that explored power, but ''The Eye of the World'' discussed how power can be deployed, whereas ''The Lord of the Rings'' focused more on its renunciation.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Westfahl |first=Gary |title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders, Volume 3 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-313-32952-4 |location=Westport |pages=1026}}</ref> Rand needed to wield his power to fight a war with the Dark One, a theme antithetical to Frodo's quest to destroy the ring of [[Sauron]], a source of immense power that corrupted its wearer.