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Post by Ilúvatar on Jan 8, 2004 14:07:10 GMT -5
What do you think influenced Tolkien the most in his writings?
His religion? His war time experience? The women in his life? His friends? . . .
Share your thoughts.
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Gothmog
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Post by Gothmog on Jan 13, 2004 21:59:32 GMT -5
Uh, probably a good mix of all, but I know for a fact that His close friend C.S. Lewis influenced his writings greatly.
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Post by Galadriel on Jan 22, 2004 15:32:18 GMT -5
I don't know maybe he had a sad life and wanted to wright somthing exighting and things like that.
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Post by Isthir - RifCoral on Feb 5, 2004 5:58:52 GMT -5
I know that one of the reasons he wrote LotR and its whole history was to make a mythology for England. Look at many of the maps, they look alot like the land of England, as well the idea for a mythology is not more obvious than in the begining of the Silm ![::)](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/Hannah22/Fourm/eyeballs.gif)
Perhaps, after I'm done with some of my other researching I will research The Man himself and gather more information for you guys.
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Post by Legolas on Feb 18, 2004 18:30:13 GMT -5
as i said in some other post, my english class read the hobbit. we had a question on the test (which i aced ;D) about tolkien. we also discussed him. his parents died early and he was taken in by some monks, who probably influenced him to write it, and he was a professor of languages, which is why there's elvish, black speech, the languages of rohirrim and gondor, and probably a few i'm forgetting. my teacher also said that since it was world war two when he wrote it, you can compare some ideas in it. evil leader, no-chance odds, etc.
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Post by Ilúvatar on Feb 18, 2004 19:31:19 GMT -5
Just want to clarify this for you
He went to live with an aunt and a Roman Catholic priest was one of his guardians. Monks is pretty close - it must be something in the translation.
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Post by Legolas on Feb 18, 2004 21:19:10 GMT -5
i dunno about "official" but he was in a monastary or something like that.
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Post by Ilúvatar on Feb 19, 2004 11:13:28 GMT -5
I see what you mean although it was not a monestary. He was sent to an all boys school, King Edward's School. He lived at the school. Not sure if it was Catholic or not? What is your native language, if I may ask? I think it's so cool getting to meet Tolkien fans from around the world! ![8-)](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/Hannah22/Fourm/cool.gif)
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Post by Legolas on Feb 19, 2004 16:01:49 GMT -5
english. i live in the u.s. of a.
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Post by Legolas on Feb 19, 2004 16:02:01 GMT -5
what about you?
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Post by Ilúvatar on Feb 19, 2004 19:45:11 GMT -5
I was just curious - when I see "English class" on the web it's hard to tell if it means Literature or the Language.
My first language is English and I know a little (very little) German, French, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
Now back to topic - can anyone help clear up the confusion did Tolkien study with monks or in a monestary?
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Bombadil
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Post by Bombadil on Feb 19, 2004 23:39:25 GMT -5
I am pretty sure it was in the monestary. I remember seeing his biography on A&E and it seems like I don;t remember anything about him stufying with monks.
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Post by Isthir - RifCoral on Feb 20, 2004 15:34:05 GMT -5
Just a little tid-bit.
It was not WWII, but WWI:
A date taken from The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
WWII didn't start until around the 1940's I believe. Beyond that though, good research!
-Isthir
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Post by Legolas on Feb 20, 2004 17:10:58 GMT -5
yeah-i read something saying something about "in the trenches..." at the time, he called elvish (either sindarin or quenta-i forget which) gnomish
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Gothmog
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Post by Gothmog on Mar 22, 2004 19:02:42 GMT -5
I recently discovered that he started writting the Sil while his was wounded(Knee) Maybe he was dillusional?
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