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The Hobbit Research Paper

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Logan Trimble
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English 4
5 November 2014

The life of J. R. R. Tolkien

Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa to Mabel and Arthur Tolkien. Tolkien’s father died when he was only 4 years old but that didn’t stop Tolkien (www.bio.com). His mother took quite an initiative in Tolkien’s Development. After a few years Mabel died of diabetes mellitus type 1. After her death he attended King Edward’s School and formed a secret society (collegecrunch.org). Tolkien was known as a catholic. He was a fierce anti-Communist and he shunned Nazism. The reason for this is because one he was catholic and two he had friends that were Jewish (collegecrunch.org) As soon as he was old enough to enlist in the military he enlisted …show more content…

Bilbo’s development might allegorically represent the heroism of England in World War I or the inner, latent heroism common to everyone. His main motivation for writing was story telling (sparknotes.com). The different races in the Hobbit were meant to represent different European nationality’s (sparknotes.com). Family lineage is another important factor that shapes identity in the hobbit (sparknotes.com). Throughout middle – earth, ones prospects, character and social position are linked closely to family heritage (sparknotes.com). A major source of inspiration is the plot was the body of ancient epic literature. Bilbo himself, with his common sense, love of peace warm hearted self – doubt. Much of the narrative is devoted to descriptions of the places, people, and things that Bilbo encountered. Tolkien started creating the Hobbit around the middle of 1930. He was grading a paper as a professor. In the early 1930s he quickly drew the Hobbit into the world of his evolving “Silmarillon” mythology. The story went underwent radical expansion and revision. The “reality” of his story is an obvious starting point for an understanding not only why tales were created but who created the tales (Gale). Tolkien makes his stories with the little world with inner consistency of reality so the eventual triumphs of goodness seem all the more plausible (Gale). Tolkien decided to make the book for his children. He decided to try an experiment with new ideas and concepts. He also came upon new influences in myth – magic (middle-earth.org). the hobbit represents Tolkien’s only uses of high medieval culture in what eventually became the fictional middle-earth of the hobbit (middle-earth.org). Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as much to satisfy his natural literary curiosity as to create an amusing and entertaining story (middle-earth.org). Tolkien kept his

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