Was LOTR JRRT's response to WW I/II ?

paulbaggins · 04-11-2005, 05:56 PM

I wonder if Prof. Tolkien was not writting this series of books as a reaction first to his experiences in WW I , which saw most of his classmates killed and secondly to WW II which was even more random in its awfulness.
Some of the passages showing the attacks on Rohan & Gondor evoke images of the efugees feeing in Europe in both world wars and as recently as the former Yugoslavia. And Frodo's feeling that he saved the Shire, but not for himself wel that sounds like a lot of returned veterans from any war any century.

04-11-2005, 05:56 PM	#1
paulbaggins Sapling Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 14	Was LOTR JRRT's response to WW I/II ? I wonder if Prof. Tolkien was not writting this series of books as a reaction first to his experiences in WW I , which saw most of his classmates killed and secondly to WW II which was even more random in its awfulness. Some of the passages showing the attacks on Rohan & Gondor evoke images of the efugees feeing in Europe in both world wars and as recently as the former Yugoslavia. And Frodo's feeling that he saved the Shire, but not for himself wel that sounds like a lot of returned veterans from any war any century. __________________ [B]The road goes ever on and on down from the house where it began Last edited by paulbaggins : 04-11-2005 at 05:58 PM. Reason: mispeslling

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