How A World War Inspired The Lord Of The Rings - True Fiction

Amazing,this was so interesting,i never knew about this,thank you,such great details about Tolkien and his personal experiences in life.

I'm glad the LOTRs movies were made when they were made. Back when we had the tech to make them but before hollywood politics would have ruined them.

Tolkien's son gets really angry when people try to connect his dad's fiction with real life events. Expect an angry letter. LOL. I get that Tolkien insisted that his life experiences had nothing to do with the books but, that is completely impossible. He may not have meant them to have connections or influence but you cannot live through a world war, write a book and not expect your life experiences to affect your writing. I'm sure plenty of writers try and claim the same but your writing comes from your personality and how you think and perceive the world around you and much of that comes from your life experiences. It would be difficult in the extreme to completely separate them from your writing. In most cases, you wouldn't even realize you are doing it and usually takes others who know you to point it out.

Tolkien was pretty adamant that his stories were not intended to be allegories for actual historical events. In his forward to the second edition of The Lord of the Rings, he wrote:

"As for any inner meaning or ‘message,’ it has in the intention of the author none. It is neither allegorical nor topical…. I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence."

Although I am amused by the (probably apocryphal) tale that Tolkien once criticized his good friend C.S. Lewis for making the religious symbolism in his stories too obvious; Lewis, in turn, criticized Tolkien for not making his obvious enough.

Ditch the too short sleeved suit and the silly red watch and this would have been so much better.

Who on earth doesn't know this if they are lord of the rings/tolkien fans?
And if they aren't, then who cares?

This is some good work. Congrats, people.

From bad and terrible things, beautiful and precious things can be conceived. Tolkien's imagination is one of the best examples of this. The Lord Of The Rings is one of the greatest gifts of Literature.

Enjoyed this. What I wouldn't give to read these books again for the first time.

Great video, a really interesting watch.