Which fictional object does J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings center on?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings centers on the One Ring. Sauron forged it in the fires of Mount Doom to control the other Rings of Power and extend his influence over their bearers.

The Ring’s destructive power comes from its connection to Sauron. Although it can make its wearer invisible to ordinary eyes, its deeper effect is to corrupt judgment and intensify the desire to possess it.

Frodo Baggins becomes the Ring-bearer and carries it from the Shire toward Mordor. The central quest is not to use the Ring against Sauron but to destroy it in the same place where it was made.

The One Ring is different from the Silmarils, which are jewels from Tolkien’s earlier mythology, and the Arkenstone, which is a treasured gem in The Hobbit. These objects are sometimes confused because each drives a major story.