Tolkien, a philologist and professor of Anglo-Saxon in college, was passionate about language, its study and even creation. So much so he says he had to invent a new universe as an "excuse" for the Elvish languages \u200b\u200bwere developed, Sindarin and Quenya. But what was their real intention to create the saga of Lord of the Rings? well, had always expressed his displeasure about his native England did not have its own mythology as it might be the Greek or Scandinavian, it was with this pretext as an origin began dislumbrar the world, creatures, landscapes and languages. drink
As a basis from many sources, some old, some based on his own life. It would take many influences of the Norse legends of fantastic stories like Beowulf to usher modified somewhat in Middle Earth. These European mythical legends would be interspersed with other ideas from Catholic culture. Tolkien was a devout practicing Roman Catholic would take many times the Bible as a guide for the representation of the classic story of good and evil. But above all, the experience would mark more of its work was no doubt his participation in WWI.
For those who have read the books, even those who have only seen the movies, there are no hard time connecting with some of the ideological pillars that Tolkien wanted to convey his love for nature and the meaninglessness of war. Regarding the former has been captured in the figure of the hobbits, quiet small farmers, simple, enjoying the relaxed life in the Shire in the manner of the English countryside, contrasting with this is the figure of the traitor wizard Saruman, which at first the words of the ent Treebeard loved walking through the forest of Fangorn and enjoy nature but is corrupted and in his mind there was only thinking of metal. His strength of Isengard is a clear example of how industrialization corrupts the values \u200b\u200bof man transforming into a being greedy and selfish.
Regarding the war, the novel presents several terrible battles, countless preventable deaths only by the greed of Sauron by his odious orcs. This thinking is reflected in anti-war figure as Faramir in the book of The Two Towers with Frodo says "War must have while we have to defend ourselves from the evil of a destructive power that would devour us all, but I do not love edged sword because it has, nor the arrow for flying, nor the warrior because he won glory. just love what they stand for "Maybe this anti-war spirit was subsequently bequeathed to the work of George Lucas in Star Wars who is said to was in turn part of inspiration, if we remember especially the Yoda figure at the time in which Luke explains in Dagobbah you're looking to master Jedi, a great warrior Yoda responds categorically "No, the war does not make a great" , that phrase seems a real statement of intent.
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