i am a lord of the rings fan
March 29, 2008I’ve got four reasons why J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is one of my favorites:
1 The story, of course. The work is told in an omniscient point of view that centralizes on the plot of the whole story. The focus shifts from character to character and situation to situation. In one chapter, the hobbits are being featured then the mighty people Gondor. The different twists and turns keeps you on the edge of your seats! It’s a real page-turner.
2 Characters. As we all know, LOTR is under the fantasy genre of literature. Tolkien perhaps took the characters’ nature from him. He made Hobbits from Tolkien’s attitude towards simplicity and tobacco. Elves are probably derived from his wisdom and experiences. Men, of course, from the human nature within him and Dwarves from his interest in crafts. If you cross read with Tolkien’s Silmarillion which is a prologue of the LOTR, you’ll learn more of the origin of Gandalf and Saruman. Their order of wizards is actually called the Istari. Sauron isn’t originally evil. You’d understand more about the poems’ origins in the Silmarillion.
3 History. In Middle-Earth, Tolkien is god! He made everything there. It’s wonderful how he pieced things together in such a way that everything there fits! He even bothered making a timeline and history of events after the book! The different locations are accurately mapped and the different family trees particularly of the hobbits were expertly illustrated with everybody accounted for.
4 Language. Being a linguist, Tolkien was actually capable enough to make his own language. Languages, actually. He made Quenya, Sindarin, Adunaic, etc. along with dialects! Beautiful, beautiful words springs out of the pages!
Le hannon a tholel!
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