ENGL389 Study Guide - Mirkwood, Unending, Rivendell
9 Dec 2012
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Bitten by a spider and became very ill (relevance in the chapter with the spiders?) A roman catholic priest was his guardian. He liked to invent language games and puzzles. Uses finnish as a basis for elvish. Starts writing the elvish history and the history of middle earth. His experiences in world war i are important; he wasn"t there very long due to illness. But war shaped his view that evil can be defeated but not completely destroyed: over hill and underhill. P. 59 tolkien brings us back to the present when he reminds us of the war. The importance of little people little bilbo matures into a hero. Tolkien couldn"t resist making changes in the editions: major alterations are in ch. 5 riddles in the dark. Rewritten to give more life to the ring. Makes gollum more wretched. (to fit with lotr) The lotr (1955) put the hobbit on the map. Journey of the hero & rites of passage.
