J.R.R Tolkien and his Works

Throughout Tolkien’s career as a writer his motives for writing changed. Originally most of his writing was created for a very small audience. To be exact The Hobbit was created for an audience of his four children. Many of the published works posthumously are written for his children. A whole set of letters named The Father Christmas Letters were letters written as Father Christmas from Tolkien to his children. He, as a father, wanted to create a joy and merriment in his children through his writing.

Later in his career Tolkien became upset. He realized that most of the great cultures that surrounded him had great mythology, but his beloved Great Britain was lacking in its own myths. In what was later adapted, edited, and published by his son Christopher Tolkien, the stories in The Silmarillion and The Book of Lost Tales were created to make a myth for the British people. Although they were never accepted as the tales for his country they are placed as tales to further the Legendarium Tolkien had created. Through his tales Tolkien was able to create a feeling of mystery and wonder that stuck in the minds of his millions of readers and created modern fantasy for what is is today.

Tolkien’s effect on society is much greater than many would ea...

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...gons is half based upon Tolkien’s Legendarium. Until they were sued they had hobbits who were good as thieves, such as Bilbo was in The Hobbit, and balrogs.

Tolkien has created a world in which millions of people can go to escape to. He wrote stories that expand and capture the mind as you follow the fellowship, or as you learn of Bilbo’s next action. He created a rich back story to his world, creating myths as if the world he created has existed for millennia. He created Hobbits and Dwarves. Tolkien brought mystery and magic to the world stage, and that is why he is deserving of the title “father of modern fantasy”.