One day I looked into Tolkien Gateway and decided to change one part concerning Frodo's Destruction of the One Ring in Mount Doom. It also seems to be a hot button topic - that of Frodo's Destruction of the One Ring, and what role he had in the journey. I wasn't sure if changing the part was justified, since I was worried it was too much about how I was feeling - but later figured if Tolkien wrote it, then it was definitely justified. After all, there's a reason why he did and also there's ...
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On Eucatastrophe as told in Letter #89
Word of the Day: eucatastrophe eu•ca•tas•tro•phe | ēu-kə-tăs′trə-fē noun the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears. (J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter # 89) For all of you preferred video learners, here's a video version of this topic in my new Youtube Channel below. Eucatastrophe background This term was coined during a letter, Letter #89, that Tolkien wrote to his son Christopher. However, it is not the first place I heard about the term. I had first ...
3 Promising Thoughts about the Scouring of the Shire
This week I want to talk about "The Scouring of the Shire," a chapter that is very much discussed in theory. It was not in the movies, and there may be a good reason. I used to get fired up that it wasn’t, but maybe there were good reasons. After all, I'm not trying to bash the movies, as I think they did do a good job. Why wasn't much of "The Scouring of the Shire" in the movies? Now, when we’re looking at it sort of zoomed out, we see it mainly featuring the Bay of Bywater. So in ...
The Nature of Middle-earth Book Discussion
Greetings and welcome to my Book Discussion! So, I've been hearing that a lot of people got Nature of Middle-earth for Christmas. It's a great book, and honestly, the first time I read it I could hardly put it down. I'm so happy that you get to experience what Nature of Middle-earth has to offer, and that you get to learn all about the Middle-earth characters, languages and lore! You'll learn all about the foundational matters, systems, and lifestyles of the characters. And for those of ...
Sam’s Speech in the Lord of the Rings Books
Table of contents Personal Remarks Sam's Speech: analysis in the books But I suppose it's often that way. And why sir, I've never thought about it before! But you've left out one of the chief characters... The Closing of Sam's Speech There's one part which never ceases to move me, and many of us - it's Sam's Speech, regardless of whether it's from the book or movie. I was thinking about it for a while, but couldn't help but feel that the difference between Sam's speech in the ...
7 Speakers of the Elvish Languages
Now, we are going to discuss who speaks the Elvish languages. There are the Elves, Men, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs, Trolls, and Dwarves - they all spoke a language of Middle-earth. Before, we discussed the Quenya Alphabet, which is all about the alphabets of the two main Elvish Languages: Quenya and Sindarin. The Elvish Languages Tolkien had a lot of languages, which are the driving forces of his works in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. They were inspired by his knowledge of ...