ENGB37H3 Lecture : LectureFeb8.docx
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Why does it continue to sell so well: one of the most significant dramas, the storehouse of all social values a guide to citizenship. Tolkien: 1916 had to fight in the first world war, wasn"t injured but became sick from the war. What is the end or purpose of the story told in the hobbit: means the most to people in this course. Where is good and where is evil: good=west bad=east, anything on the other side of the mountains seen as bad. Hero: the main character is a narrative or dramatic work, want our hero to possess admirable qualities. Bourgeois or middle class values vs. aristocratic values. Doing a favor for the king: the heroic code: the source of all values, strength and courage, do really great things to have people tell stories about you, the shire is a stereotype of all middle class values.
