October 16th‚ 2013 The Children of Hurin The Children of Hurin by J.R.R Tolkien (edited by Christopher Tolkien) This book is set in Tolkien’s famous world of Middle Earth ages before The Lord of the Rings when the dark lord Morgoth is terrorizing the world. The main character‚ Hurin dares to defy him‚ and in punishment for that Morgoth curses him and his family. The book follows the misadventures of Hurin’s son Turin as he fights to loosen Morgoth’s grip on Middle Earth and destroy the fearsome
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J.R.R. Tolkien People praise him‚ worship him‚ respect and love him. His works still live on even to this day‚ half a century later. Movies‚ numerous literary awards‚ and many other commendations commemorate his works. His tales of mighty kings‚ massive armies‚ and glorious battles all tangled up in his fantasy world continues to capture the hearts and minds of millions. This man‚ an ordinary‚ but brilliant man is no other than John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Tolkien’s works go nothing short of revolutionizing
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J.R.R. Tolkien My selection for this project was J.R.R. Tolkien. The reason I chose this individual was because of his books such as “The Hobbit” (J.R.R. Tolkien- 1936) this book has such realistic charactistics along with mythological characteristics. The other books I liked were “Lord of the Rings” which was broken into sequels. There orders were “The Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Two Tower” they were published in Great Britain in 1954. The third one was published in 1955 it was
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R. Tolkien if often regarded as one of the most popular and influential authors of all time. Although Tolkien is best well known for his work The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit‚ he has written many other pieces. He was born in 1892 and experienced many life altering events such as two world wars and the Cold War. His unique writing style was influenced by events affecting him throughout his life. The years of and around World War One greatly affected the life and lifestyle of Tolkien in his
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Beowulf’s influence on Tolkien The Anglo-saxon poem Beowulf has made one of the most significant literary and folkloric influences on Tolkien’s writing in his later years. One of the pieces that Tolkien had his inspirations from Beowulf is The Hobbit. I come to notice a few parallels in the roles of the monster and the hero between The Hobbit and Beowulf. One of the most prominent uses of Beowulf by Tolkien is the role of the monster‚ Dragon. In Beowulf‚ the dragon guards a horde of treasure in
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In the Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien uses stereotypes as a way to portray the different races in his book. He starts the story off with the line “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”(page 1)‚ Hobbits are presented by Tolkien as small creatures who are similar to humans but roughly half their size of a regular human. This quote states that hobbits all live in a fancy hole in the ground and thats stereotyping hobbits. The hobbits are also stereotyped to have two diners‚ love good food‚ have hair
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien‚ creator of a world. When someone who knows Tolkien is asked about his works‚ one thought comes to mind‚ Middle Earth. This was the playground in his mind that such vivid descriptions of fantasylands came from. It is the base of his most well known stories‚ where dreams are just the norm. <br> <br>J.R.R. may owe much of his success to his diverse beginnings. On April 16‚ 1891‚ Mabel Suffield and Arthur Reuel Tolkien were married in Bloemfontein‚ South Africa. They soon gave
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“J.R.R. Tolkien.” On January 3rd‚ 1892‚ in the little town of Bloemfontein‚ South Africa‚ John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born to Arthur Tolkien and Mable Suffield. Just a few years earlier‚ Arthur Tolkien had to move to South Africa to take a job managing a bank‚ because his piano manufacturing business went under (Notable British Authors 12). Mable soon joined him and they had their two sons‚ Ronald and Hilary soon after. While in South Africa‚ Mable noticed young Ronald was starting to look
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a philologist (scholar of language) and a world famous author. He is most renowned for his best-selling books‚ The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein‚ South Africa on January 3‚ 1892. His friends and family referred to him as Ronald. Ronald’s parents were Arthur and Mabel Tolkien‚ and he had a younger brother named Hilary. At the age of three‚ J.R.R. Tolkien was bitten by a large South African tarantula while he was
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J. R. R. Tolkien As a great revolutionary writer J. R. R. Tolkien created a new style of fiction and how books should be written. Throughout Tolkien’s life Having a rough childhood‚ Tolkien became an orphan by age fourteen but his love for words and language given by his mother did not stop. As Tolkien aged over the years his love for writing continued as he created writing clubs and learned many languages. These steps led him to write two great and well known literary works‚ The Hobbit‚ and The
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