J.R.R. Tolkien and Ernst Junger were both veterans of the same wars and a couple of the same battles in World War I. War changes a soldier’s whole outlook on life, the unbearable things witnessed in the trenches, to the brotherhood and love for your country and defending it, will last a lifetime. They witnessed many overwhelming and dangerous encounters that shaped for how they would see the world and interpret things from there on out. Tolkien grew up much differently than Junger, but they still shared similar ideas.
The upbringing of a person effects how they view the world. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (J.R.R.) was without both of his parents at the age of 12. His father, Arthur, died when he was three. His mother, Mabel, passed when he
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His father was a chemical engineer and a pharmacist. Junger was in school for 12 years before he ran away as a part of the Wandervogel movement; A movement of young adults that wanted to get away from the crowdedness of the city and society and wanted to be in nature and have freedom of their own. Junger, like Tolkien, also served in World War I in the Imperial German Army. While serving in the army, he was shot seven times. He received two honorable awards for his service; the Iron Cross First Class and Prussia’s highest military decoration, the Pour le Merite. Both were received by the age of 23. Junger married his wife Gretha in 1925 and they had two sons, Ernst Jr and Alexander. Junger had a passion for nature and plants in similar ways that Tolkien did. They both studied botany. Junger was offered a seat in the Reichstag, or parliament and he also refused an invitation to become the head of the German Academy of Literature. Junger was claimed to be an intellectualist and a liberal for his separation and refusal to support the Nazi party publicly. Junger lived to be 102 years old. One year before his death, he converted to Catholicism and received the …show more content…
Tolkien was struck by the amount of courage in his fellow soldiers. Many had no choice but to go to war, leaving loved ones and their comfort behind them. Tolkien described the soldiers as heroes. Many soldiers returned home from battle walking like zombies; dull in the face, looking straight ahead with limited expression. Soldiers were forever affected by their encounters on the battlefields. They were to never forget the trench warfare and brotherhood built between them and their fellow soldiers, even the ones who didn’t make it out alive. There is some reflection of Tolkien’s experiences during World War I and in The Lord of the Rings. The courage that Frodo and Sam constantly display is a reflection of the soldiers at war. Frodo and Sam are both very unlikely heroes, but they display insurmountable courage. Their tasks are never in their favor but they seem to always breakthrough. The temptation and corruption in the world we live in is also present in The Lord of the Rings. The ring, which makes the one in possession to be invisible, is a constant temptation of corruption. Corruption is a problem in the era and today as well. Many war leaders and government leader began to lead in corrupt ways. The temptation of the ring can be a correlation to the ongoing struggle of good versus evil in the world. As stated earlier, Tolkien’s passion for nature as a child is also
Instead of thinking about himself, Frodo thinks of the people around him in the Shire. Like Luke where he leaves despite his fears, Frodo leaves and not only faces his fears of the unknown but goes in order for the people of the Shire to stay safe despite the fact that he may die showing his selflessness. While on the Death Star, Luke shows his selflessness when goes to save Leia when hearing of her presence on the Death Star. He insists when he talks to Han in the control room that “The droid belongs to her. She's the one in the message.. We've got to help her” (Lucas New 56). Risking his life to save someone he barely knows, Luke shows his selflessness as he wants to save Leia. Both J.R.R. Tolkien and George Lucas have their heroes commit these acts in order to show that they are selfless because through this it is shown that they care about others. Frodo and Luke demonstrate selflessness when Frodo takes up the ring at Rivendell and when Luke joins the Rebel Alliance. When taking up the responsibility to take up the ring at Rivendell at the Council of Elrond, Frodo shows his selflessness as he is cognizant that no one else is willing to take the ring and speaks up as“No one
Carl Gustav Jung was born on July 26th, 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland, the only son of Johannes Paul Achilles Jung, a Swiss Reformed Church Evangelical minister. He was a strange, melancholic child with no brothers or sisters until he was nine years old. The family was steeped in religion, as he had eight uncles in the clergy as well as his maternal grandfather, Samuel Preiswerk, a respected pastor in Basel.
“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them,” (55). The One Ring controls Gollum, Bilbo, Boromir, and Frodo in attempts to return to Sauron, Its Creator, the Lord of the Rings, and the utmost evil present in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels. But the Ring never achieves Its goal because each character possesses a unique set of skills which resist the evil temptations of the Ring. Gollum is the first victim of the Ring, with no knowledge of Its powers or guidance away from Its control. Bilbo is the second ring bearer, with an almost complete knowledge of the Ring’s power still has difficulty resisting the Ring’s temptation. Gandalf guides Bilbo to constantly resist the evil of the Ring. Boromir never gets his hands on the Ring but craves Its power thinking he can use it for good, ignoring the guidance offered to him at the Council of Elrond. Frodo has the most knowledge and guidance of all the characters but also seems to have the strongest temptations. J.R.R. Tolkien uses characterization in the Fellowship of the Ring to prove that people without a longing for power resist temptation through knowledge, good habits, and guidance.
Carl Gustav Jung was born in Kessewil, Switzerland. He lived between 1875 and 1961 and was the only son of his father, a protestant clergyman. His extended family had good educational background and although quite a number of them were clergymen, he plumped for higher education. Jung became a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who developed analytical psychology. Owing to his personal experience, he postulated the concepts of introversion and extraversion personality, collective unconscious and individuation resulting in the study of integration and wholeness.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He studied at Oxford pursuing a degree in English language and literature. This later gave him the thought of creating his own imagined world known as Middle-Earth. He then later married Edith Bratt, had four children, and became a professor at Oxford. The Hobbit, first published in 1937, had some of Tolkien’s invented language and mythology. The plot and character’s of The Hobbit combined the ancient heroic Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian epics, which he studied at Oxford. The Hobbit “is immersed in folk tradition” (Matthews). The character Bilbo Baggins was inspired by the rural Englishman of the 1930s. Tolkien was inspired by ancient European myths leading him to write Lord of the Rings, a prequel to The Hobbit. On September 2,1973, J.R.R. Tolkien died at the age of eighty-one.
Carl Jung came into the world in 1875 in the country of Switzerland and he passed in 1961. He was a very famous psychologist who founded the habits of analytic psychology in response to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. He had many finding that still affect today such as extroverted and introverted personality types, archetypes, and collective unconscious. Jung was a very lonely child and had a rather ...
...y a little fellow, Gandalf hints that even he was impressed by the large role Bilbo played in their journey, adding irony to the theme of heroism. Bilbo was the perfect character for Tolkien to express the theme of heroism because he was just the average, everyday character with a kind heart. He wasn’t some wizard or renowned warrior, but a hobbit, a simple hobbit who didn’t ask for heroism. Bilbo would much rather stay in the quite of his own home, but fate would have him do much more, even though Bilbo wouldn’t say so himself, he was indeed…a hero.
In the article “Revenge and Moral Judgement in Tolkien”, Brian Rosebury explores the complexities of revenge within the rigid moral framework of Middle-earth. Tolkien's Christian faith promotes forgiveness and discourages vengeance; however, in his professional career he studied the tales of the pre-Christian North, where vindictive behaviour is encouraged. Due to his background, he does not condone nor completely dismiss revenge as a proper course of action. Instead, he presents acts of revenge that range from condemnable to subtlety acceptable. To add another layer of complexity, Tolkien invents sensible, sympathetic characters that are motivated by spite and want retribution. Although Tolkien's ultimate opinion on the morality of revenge is unclear, his stance regarding the criteria of virtue is explicit. Rosebury reflects on Tolkien as a rational writer who concerned himself with what he thought was the right and wrong state of mind. The bad emotions, such as pride, fear, humiliation, anger, and cruelty, lead to despair. In contrast, good sentiments benefit Tolkien's characters, often in unpredictable ways. Pity, in particular, is an important emotion because it eradicates self-interest. Incidentally, if a dangerous course of action is started with a good intention, then psychological health will be greatly conserved. In addition, most of Tolkien's characters lead a consistent moral life, or they progress towards greater maturity or towards degeneration and unhappiness. They may encounter a temptation of goodness or evil, but it passes quickly and they return to their linear form of development.
The most obvious one is the artist Niggle and how in many ways, he is a representation of J.R.R. Tolkien himself. One evident connection between them is their imaginative thinking process and works. Tolkien strived to create something similar to Niggle’s painting, something monumental and exalted. For a long time, Tolkien has been working on the intricate history, the elaborate mythology and the multifarious language of Middle-earth. He kept adding, removing, and modifying certain parts and/or characters. Similarly, Niggle also worked tediously on his painting. Niggle is described as exceeding his limit, he tries to paint pictures “too large and ambitious for his skill” (Tolkien 81, “Leaf by Niggle”). Similarly, Tolkien was tentative about his own skills and ability to finish the colossal project he had started. In the tale, Niggle’s hard work and determination finally paid off and was praised, just like Tolkien. If an artist keeps ploughing on, he or she can bring their vision into a reality. On the other hand, Niggle throughout his first life procrastinates. He has a plethora of chores and tasks to do, but lacks the energy and patience to do them in a fashionable manner. As a penalty, Niggle is sent to a place where he is forced to do chores in his second life; he must complete all the tasks he “put off” and/or abandoned during his first life. Continuing this long and drab process, Niggle starts to feel contentment at completely finishing these small tasks. Eventually as a sub-creator, he understands that he must care for and assist those around him, even though he once did not. Once Niggle comes to completing these tasks, he may pick up where he left off and finish his painting. At the end of the tale, Niggle’s leaf cultivates into “a Tree that was alive, its leaves opening, its branches growing and bending in the wind” (Tolkien 94, “Leaf by
J.R.R. Tolkien's concept of too much power is summed up by Lord Acton when he once said, "Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely." In Tolkien's first book of his fantasy based trilogy, Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Rings tells a story of a quest to destroy a powerful ring throughout Tolkien's created "Middle Earth". This quest was headed by a "Hobbit" named Frodo Baggins who, in the end, becomes corrupted by power himself. This corruption begins when Frodo uses his ring to become invisible over and over again to escape certain situations. The quest to destroy the powerful "Ruling Ring" forms the basis for this story.
The authors of the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter each use the hero quest pattern as a scheduled backdrop of action. The two protagonists, Frodo Baggins and Harry Potter have very similar beginnings. They are introduced as normal boys who find out that they are going to undertake something very great. The two protagonists however, are not alone in their quests. They both have very similar mentors in Gandalf and Dumbledore respectively. Even greater guidance comes from their friends, who are there every step of the way. Each novel uses a reoccurring symbol to show the presence of evil. The two journeys are so epic due in part to the dark and powerful villains that each hero has to battle.
Both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung are famous psychologists that focused on personality. These two men have defined and shaped psychology. In the beginning, Freud and Jung had a deep friendship and shared many ideas. After thirteen long years of working together, Jung developed several new theories and starts to disagree with Freud in certain areas in the field of psychology. Later, they have begun to develop their own individual ideas and drop their friendship. The three specific areas that Jung disagrees with Freud on being the unconscious mind, the role of sexuality and the subject of dreams.
Carl Gustav Jung, was born in Switzerland in 1875. Jung was descendant of Sigmund Freud’s “psychoanalysis” and worked closely with Freud for many years. Eventually their ideas differed and Jung and Freud parted ways. Jung developed analytical psychology. Analytical psychology is a variation of psychoanalysis, Jung focused less on sexuality (Storr, 1991). At an early age Jung was very observant of the adults who surrounded him. In particular, his parents. These views would later translate into his work. Jung’s major contributions include his theory of the psyche, specifically the collective unconscious and archetypes. Jung also identified the personality traits introversion and extraversion. Jung’s work contributed a great deal to psychology.
To begin with, the content of “Lord of the Rings” and “The House of the Scorpion” is greatly influenced by the author’s personal influences. Notably, “The Lord of the Rings” was greatly influenced during the time J.R.R Tolkien was a soldier on the battlefield of World War One. The protagonist of the novel Frodo departs on a journey through Mordor to destroy the one ring and save Middle Earth is relatable to how J.R.R Tolkien’s fought on the battlefield to save his country. Furthermore, J.R.R Tolkien’s friends that died in the war surface in the sense of loss that suffuses the story due to the numerous deaths caused by the two antagonists Sauron and Saruman. Likewise, “The House of the Scorpion” was also greatly influenced by the author, although by contrast, “The House of the Scorpion” was influenced because of Nancy Farmer’s isolation in her childhood, whereas “The Lord of the Rings” was greatly influenced because of J.R.R Tolkien's time spent on the battlefields o...
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung both defined the world of psychology. Both based their theories on that the mind has a conscious and unconscious levels. The both also thought that dreams needed to be interpreted. Both divided the human psyche into three parts. There are many more differences/disagreements in their theories. Freud defined the human psyche as the id, ego and superego. The id is our unconscious drive (sex). The id is not bound by morality but only seeks pleasure. The ego is our conscious perceptions (memories and thoughts) enable us to deal with reality. The superego is the filter for the id to keep socially acceptable behaviors. Jung divided his human psyche into the three parts of ego, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. According to Jung the ego is the conscious. The personal unconscious is the perception of memories (recalled and suppressed). The collective unconscious holds all of our experiences and knowledge of the human race.