In Solzhenitsyn’s, The Gulag Archipelago, chapter three discusses the transportation and conditions in a Stolypin. The harsh conditions of transit facilities are described in length. After the train cars are “prepared” which includes checking for holes or faults, possibly cleaned (not always), and making sure the windows are barred, “At this point there are two important and obligatory objectives: to conceal the loading from ordinary citizens, to terrorize the prisoners” (167). The novel states how although regular, ordinary citizens were aware of the thousands of arrests being made everyday, seeing thousands of prisoners being loaded onto a train, treated like caged animals, was different. The convoy hid the thousands of prisoners and as a result the ordinary citizens were able to turn a blind eye to the horrifying arrests being made. Since the citizens did not actually see the arrests take place, and they could not literally see the torture the prisoners endured, it did not exisit to them. Additionally, the convoy conducted intense searches of every prisoner so they could not escape. Extreme measures were taken such as, stripping the prisoners of all clothing, leaving them naked, chopping their hair, even making a crippled man carry his artificial leg. The convoy makes every move with the goal of terrifying and disheartening the prisoners. In the Lord of the Rings, book 2 chapter 6, Tolkien discusses the fellowship and their grief. With Frodo injured, the fellowship is very distraught. Later in the chapter as the group continue their journey in the woods of Lothlórien, some figure climbs Frodo’s way up the tree. The shadow is not revealed because it is scared away. As they enter the woods, the words of Elrond are called upon, “‘You will hear today all that you need in order to understand the purposes of the Enemy. There is nothing that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it’” (315). During times of evil, the fellowship must dig deep to resist the evils around them. Additionally, similar to The Gulag Archipelago and their ordinary citizens turning a blind eye, the group of the fellowship also in a way turn a blind eye to the dangers and evils surrounding them because of the one ring. Although it is not exactly parallel to the nonfiction events the citizens are ignoring, the fellowship ignores the dangers that follow them in order to help Frodo. The fellowship knows the danger they are placing themselves in but continue to help and guide Frodo, unlike the ordinary citizens who ignore the thousands of unnecessary arrests being made.