ENG239H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: J. R. R. Tolkien, Wolfgang Iser, Postcolonialism
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Lecture 10 who fears death. Tolkein sets many of the key aspects of fantasy with particularly lotr trilogy. Lort was popular worldwide. Lotr was voted best novel, tolkein was best writer in the uk. Important for normalizing the idea/legitimacy of a secondary world creation of, complexity of a secondary world. I couldn"t take my hand from papa"s arm. It was fused to him. My sand colored skin tapered to his grey brown skin from my palm. A mound of mingled flesh. It caught in my throat and i coughed. Papa"s chest was slowly moving up and down, up and down he was breathing! I was both repulsed and desperately hopeful. I took a deep breath and cried, live, papa! Live! a pair of hands settled on my wrists. I knew exactly whose they were. One of his fingers was broken and bandaged.
