Post by LotRFreak89 on Jul 30, 2005 1:03:40 GMT -5
Author: Me
Reason: 51rst Anniversery of LotR.
First, I would like to say " Happy 51rst Anniversery to the Publication of Lord of the Rings!"
That's right. Fifty-one years ago, Tolkien's " Lord of the Rings" hit the shelves of British and American bookstores. Tolkien didn't know at the time that his book(s) would become so popular. He most likely thought that people wouldn't like it at all. It's such a long book, the attention span of a normal adult or teen at the time probably wasn't that long. Reading a book that was over a thousand pages long was probably not on their to-do list at the time. However, the books' popularity grew considerably. College proffesors began to assign their students the book to read, and most of the students, somewhat surprisingly, read the whole book. Now, because Tolkien was a professor at Oxford University, he probably gave the book to his own students to read.
Tolkien was an English Proffesor at Oxford, which probably helped him while he was writing the other books.
Let's all be greatful to Mr. Tolkien for his hard work, and determintation to record the happenings that popped into his mind. After several years, many,many,many drafts, changes, re-dos , and re-writes, Tolkien created The Lord of the Rings.He created different languages, and histories to the different races and places in Middle Earth. Now, unknown to novice LotR fans, Tolkien based quite a lot of the story on his experiences in WW II. He based plenty of characters, places, and people on the things he saw and heard during battle. Take the Nazgul for instance, nine 'mortal' men, so consumed by their lust for power, took rings that eventually turned them into the walking un-dead hallow faced things that they were. They represent man's lust for power on the real world. The One Ring, represents the big one. Evil and lust itself. Gullom/Smeagol represents the two sides of people, Evil and Good. Aragorn represents the faint hope that someday peace will return. Frodo reprsents determination, and faith. See what I mean? There are many other connections to the real world in LotR. Tolkien published LotR in vague hope that it would open the eyes of the people in his time to what was happening in the world. It touched some, but sadly, not enough. However, decades later, LotR came to be one of the biggest 'things' in the world! The craze has died down, yes, but the faithful fans haven't.So....
Westu Tolkien Hal!
Reason: 51rst Anniversery of LotR.
First, I would like to say " Happy 51rst Anniversery to the Publication of Lord of the Rings!"
That's right. Fifty-one years ago, Tolkien's " Lord of the Rings" hit the shelves of British and American bookstores. Tolkien didn't know at the time that his book(s) would become so popular. He most likely thought that people wouldn't like it at all. It's such a long book, the attention span of a normal adult or teen at the time probably wasn't that long. Reading a book that was over a thousand pages long was probably not on their to-do list at the time. However, the books' popularity grew considerably. College proffesors began to assign their students the book to read, and most of the students, somewhat surprisingly, read the whole book. Now, because Tolkien was a professor at Oxford University, he probably gave the book to his own students to read.
Tolkien was an English Proffesor at Oxford, which probably helped him while he was writing the other books. Let's all be greatful to Mr. Tolkien for his hard work, and determintation to record the happenings that popped into his mind. After several years, many,many,many drafts, changes, re-dos , and re-writes, Tolkien created The Lord of the Rings.He created different languages, and histories to the different races and places in Middle Earth. Now, unknown to novice LotR fans, Tolkien based quite a lot of the story on his experiences in WW II. He based plenty of characters, places, and people on the things he saw and heard during battle. Take the Nazgul for instance, nine 'mortal' men, so consumed by their lust for power, took rings that eventually turned them into the walking un-dead hallow faced things that they were. They represent man's lust for power on the real world. The One Ring, represents the big one. Evil and lust itself. Gullom/Smeagol represents the two sides of people, Evil and Good. Aragorn represents the faint hope that someday peace will return. Frodo reprsents determination, and faith. See what I mean? There are many other connections to the real world in LotR. Tolkien published LotR in vague hope that it would open the eyes of the people in his time to what was happening in the world. It touched some, but sadly, not enough. However, decades later, LotR came to be one of the biggest 'things' in the world! The craze has died down, yes, but the faithful fans haven't.So....
Westu Tolkien Hal!
