John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. Tolkien, was born on January third 1892 in Bloemfontein South Africa and was the son of Arthur and Mabel Suffield Tolkien. After his father's death in 1896 Tolkien's mother moved herself and her two children, J.R.R (at the time called Ronald) and his younger brother Hilary to Sarehole near Birmingham. When Tolkien was twelve his mother died and he and his brother were sent to live with one of their relatives when a Catholic priest became their legal guardian. (biography.com J.R.R. Tolkien Linguist and Author) At the onset of World War 1 Tolkien did not immediately rush to join the war. He instead remained at Oxford and received his degree in 1915. During the time leading up to his entrance into the war Tolkien continued his attempts at poetry and also worked on his created languages. Tolkien eventually enlisted. When Tolkien was joined he was at the rank of Second Lieutenant and was subsequently stationed at Staffordshire England where he eventually married Edith Bratt in the town of Warwick in 1916. Shortly after their marriage Tolkien was deployed to the western front in France. During Tolkien's time in France he was involved in the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of the war with over a million casualties total. (Harris) After the Battle of the Somme Tolkien developed Trench Fever and was sent home to recover. During this time the majority of his close colleagues were killed in the war. During the following couple of years Tolkien began writing more and more and the stories he wrote in this time period would later be published as part of the Book of Lost Tales where he told many of the most important stories of the Silmarillion for the first time and ... ... middle of paper ... ...wing attention to himself when he falls and the ring slips onto his finger rendering him invisible. Works Cited "John Ronald Ruel Tolkien." 2014. The Biography Channel website. Apr 06 2014, 04:06 http://www.biography.com/people/jrr-tolkien-9508428. "J.R.R. Tolkien Biography - Tolkien's Life." Tolkien News RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Apr. 2014. Pettinger, Tejvan. "Biography of J.R.R. Tolkien", Oxford, www.biographyonline.net, 12th Jan. 2007 Harris, Shell. "Top 10 Deadliest Battles of World War I - Toptenz.net."Toptenz.net. 28 Jan. 2011. Web. 21 Apr. 2014. Doughan, David. "Who Was Tolkien?" The Tolkien Society. The Tolkien Society. Web. 20 Apr. 2014. St. Clair, Gloriana, "An Overview of the Northern Influences on Tolkien's Works" (1995). University Libraries Research.Paper 99. "Christian Elements and Symbols in Tolkien." Christianity.com. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.
It will be the contention of this paper that much of Tolkien's unique vision was directly shaped by recurring images in the Catholic culture which shaped JRRT, and which are not shared by non-Catholics generally. The expression of these images in Lord of the Rings will then concern us.
Vordie Mathis World Civ 2 Reaction Paper. Source 8.1 -8.4 The Battle of Somme is marked as one of the deadliest wars we had in World War 1. The article we were presented in source 8.1 is written by Phil Gibbs, an English journalist who got to see the warhead on from the side of the French and British spectrum.
Ellis, John. Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I. New York: Pantheon, 1976. Print.
The paper will begin with a look at the life of Tolkien. This will serve the purpose of providing some context for the novel. Looking into the life of Tolkien will also serve to give the reader some insight into the mind that gave birth to such a rich land and why the novel may have some importance for sufferers of mental illness. Next will likely be a short summation of the
Tolkien, J. R. R. “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics.” Beowulf : the monsters and the critics / by J.R.R. Tolkien. Humphrey Milford, Publisher. John Johnson, Printer. London: Humphrey Milford. 1936. Print.
Essay Assignment 1 The movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, was a powerful period piece that will continue to stick out among adventure/war movies because of the well-crafted storyline and a strong theme of hope in the face of impossible odds. The sequel to the first movie in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, the movie picks up following two young hobbits, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, on a quest to destroy the Dark Lord Sauron's’ one true ring of power. When the first movie ends, “The Fellowship”, is broken because Gandalf the Grey is presumed dead and the group splinters. This movie furthers the quest of “Fellowship” to destroy the ring and each “splinter” has their own objective to help defeat Sauron.
Throughout his works, Tolkien includes, in varying degrees, every major component of our Primary World: landforms, minerals, weather and climate, natural vegetation, agriculture, political units, population distribution, races, languages, transportation routes, and even house types. “He did more than merely describe these individual comp...
Tolkien, J. R. R., and Douglas A. Anderson. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien, is the first book in the fantasy-based trilogy of the Lord of the Rings. The book begins with Bilbo Baggins celebrating his one hundred and eleventh birthday. After his party, he then decides to leave everything behind and join a Fellowship, which has a task of destroying the ruling ring, which will give supreme power to whoever has possession of it.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again. New York: Ballantine, 1982. Print
Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. Print.
During the Anglo-Saxon period and Medieval Ages, cultural influences, including religion and social status, affected the characteristics of a hero. During these two time periods, characteristics between heroes shared similarities and some differences. Beowulf and the main characters of The Lord of the Rings were the upmost example of what a hero should be. All heroes are expected to have strength, glory, and wisdom. Chivalry and responsibility were also inspirational traits. Heroes are expected to be physically and mentally resilient. Each of these traits reflects the elements of a heroic tale. All heroic tales involved the elements of weaponry and treasure. All heroes are also required to go on an adventure or more in order to defeat a monster or monsters. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, and the heroic epic of Beowulf, translated by Clarence Griffin Child, continue to follow similar guidelines, events, and share similar characteristics despite their different time periods and influential cultures. However, they also demonstrate some dissimilarity that reflects the contrast among other heroes.
Any avid fantasy reader knows about J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of magic and adventure in The Lord of the Rings. Middle-earth is full of Elves, Giants, and Hobbits, but from where did the inspiration for this mythical universe come? Many of the concepts in the novel derive from Old English literature, a subject in which the author was very well versed. Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon literature, focusing on Old and Middle English (Doughan). He received his degree in English from the University of Oxford, and later taught there, as well as at the University of Leeds (Doughan). Proving his passion for Old English, Tolkien wrote several lectures and essays about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf, which he also translated into modern prose English (Doughan, Acocella).
Tolkien, J. R. R., and Christopher Tolkien. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. Print.
he Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a fantasy novel set in an entirely different time period and in an extraordinarily different world. This story is part of a trilogy that transitions seamlessly into the ending of the prequel book, “The Hobbit.” At the end of “The Hobbit,” Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, a hobbit is a half-sized human, comes home from an adventure and during his journey, he manages to obtain a magical ring. This ring is magical because when you happen to wear it, you turn invisible. It also had the power to prolong the life of the wearer. The start of the Fellowship begins with Bilbo's 111th birthday and Bilbo is getting ready to leave the Shire. The Shire is the region of Middle-Earth where the hobbits reside. Middle-Earth is the continent in which this story takes place. So Bilbo is looking to leave the Shire and wants to leave his possessions with his cousin, Frodo Baggins, who is much younger then he is. Amongst these possessions is the magical ring. Bilbo has second thoughts about giving Frodo the ring but is talked into doing so by his good friend Gandalf the Grey. Gandalf the Grey is one of a few powerful wizards that inhabit Middle-Earth.