In the Lord of the Rings book 6, Tolkien describes Sam and Frodos journey in Mordor. Sam wakes up in the dark trapped outside the Orc with a large door in his way. While he needs to save Frodo he cannot get past the door, so he decides to put on the ring. After putting on the ring he feels a strong force of power come over him. Suddenly the powers of the ring try to corrupt Sam’s actions. Sam feels the power of the ring and desires to be more than just a hobbit, “He felt that he had from now on only two choices: to forbear the Ring, though it would torment him; or to claim it, and challenge the Power that sat in its dark hold beyond the valley of shadows. Already the Ring tempted him, gnawing at his will and reason. Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-duˆr.” (901) Unlike most Sam is able to give up the temptation of the ring and the immense power that comes with it. This desire of power Sam feels can be related to the Gulag and their totalitarian system. With the power given to the guards in the Gulag, it is shown how out of hand power in the wrong hands can be. Once given a small taste of power, many want more and more and ultimately become selfish and ruthless like the guards of the Gulag. The camps even started to train little children, “robust youngsters born during the First Five- Year Plan, who had no war service when they took their nice new Tommy guns and set about guarding (them)…any one of them was at liberty to kill any one of us… Any wrong movement, any false step, they must cut short with a bullet… These kids were not allowed to know anything about us; they were allowed only the right to shoot without warning!” (379) Those in charge of the Gulag went as far as to put children in a position of more power than men with more service years in the war than these children have been alive. On the other hand, these children accepted the mutilating position without a second thought because it gave them power and they were able to boss around grown men and even kill them if they wanted. As shown, both forms of power, the ring and the totalitarian ruling, people are put in danger or hurt. It is clear too much power is extremely detrimental to anyone close to it which explains why throughout the entire lord of the rings the characters were trying to destroy the ring and its power.