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The Influences of Tolkien
The influences of Tolkien are many and great, but of them all, three stand out most; his great love of nature that sprung from his experiences as a youth in the English Countryside, his acute sensitivity and desire to master language, and his involvement in trench warfare in the Great War. Tolkien himself vehemently denied that the war affected his story at all. “The ....
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.... The remembrance of his time spent at Sarehole instilled in Tolkien a great love of nature and simplicity, which made the foundation for a main theme of his “The interrelationships of the ‘noble’ and ‘simple’”. All of his noble creatures such as his elves and hobbits exercise respect and understanding of nature.
Living through the Great War and experiencing first hand trench warfare provided the inspiration for the monumental conflict ....
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