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J.R.R Tolkien Tolkien was born in South Africa and after both his parents died when Tolkien was at

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J.R.R Tolkien Tolkien was born in South Africa and after both his parents died when Tolkien was at a young age he moved in with relatives to England. This is where all his writing started. He went to college and studied Anglo Saxon and classic literature. He even enlisted in the army, which was very common for this time, and all this time at war he never stopped writing. He finally got released from the army because of an illness. All these events in his life have majorly influenced his writing style. Ever since Tolkien was a little kid he always had a passion for language. He incorporated these languages in all his books and even made an alphabet with these languages. This was possible because these are the types of languages he …show more content…

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.” (The fellowship of the Rings) And with his creativity he often created maps about his writing to make it easier for the reader to follow and the made up world called “Middle Earth” and that’s where all his stories took place. “Middle Earth” was on earth and by the name it was in the middle of it. As I said before Tolkien had a unique word choice from all of the other authors of his time. He was descriptive to a fine point and even had to create his own language for his stories to get the feel across of the “Middle Earth” experience. Which would fall under the category of high fantasy which we find Tolkien’s book all fall under. “The Hobbit” yet another great work from Tolkien follows his genre of fantasy taking place in the imaginary world of Tolkien. Funny fact was that “The Hobbit” was just intended for his children but instead he published it and it became a sensation. The differences between the stories are Tolkien’s major focuses on the story. But yet again you can see the descriptive part of Tolkien of how detailed he gives his scenery. “Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold” (The Hobbit)
Majorly Tolkien writes

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