This sentence tells us that meals are a symbol for community. Since meals are daily events in which everyone takes part of, they must symbolize something in a story. The meals in a story enhances a motif and progresses the story forward. In J.R. Tolken’s The Hobbit, the very first chapter consists of the dwarves, Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf sharing a meal.…
Lewis paper Fantasy writing at the center of everything is a story that cannot possibly happen our world. It creates whole new worlds and realms of mysteries that could only possibly take place in novels and come from ones imagination. This is very noticeable in C.S. Lewis’ books and especially in the Chronicles of Narnia. From Aslen breathing on the statues bringing life back into them to Aslen being resurrected back to life, these great writings show how great fantasy writing can be and the great worlds that Lewis created from his own imagination. These alternate worlds and realms aren’t just from pure imagination; they have a deeper religious meaning.…
Tolkien and Lewis, are two writers that have stayed relevant long after their death. There writings are influential to a cultural standpoint as well as an individual. They share values that are from the heart, and all of us as candidates for humanity should admire. Tolkien’s first major influence came during the Cold War around the 1960’s. There was a generation of hippies that loved his books for the profound environmentalism within them.…
Eru Iluvatar is the God of Middle-Earth; he creates the Ainur so he doesn’t feel so isolated. The Ainur are like Christianities’ angels. The Ainur are split into two groups; the Valar, are the guardians of the world. And the Maiar, wizard or the Istari. The Istari are low-angels; including Gandalf, Sauroman, Radagast, and the two blue wizards.…
C.S. Lewis In The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a quote that says, “One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again” This is a quote that people could take many ways, which is where the adventure starts with C.S. Lewis. The world of literature wouldn’t be the same without having one of the most well known authors. Clive Staples Lewis was an important and legendary literary author because of his early life and religion’s, his middle life and struggles being in the war, and his many famous books written.…
Beowulf and “The Miller’s Tale” are two pieces of literature that show how religious beliefs can play roles in character choices in the stories. In Beowulf, Beowulf believes in God so he knows he will be taken care of. Beowulf gives all the credit to God for his success but Hrothgar does not. In “The Miller’s Tale,” John and Absalom believe in God but Nicholas believes in astrology. Believing in astrology leads Nicholas to lie and feel like he was not in the wrong.…
Snorri’s Prologue in the Prose Edda uses a Christian perspective to examine the violence in God’s creation from a more Christian perspective and uses the Norse viewpoint of that same violence and creation in the Gylfaginning, making religion and beliefs tangible. Specifically, the Prologue gives its readers the underlying understanding to the creation stories by using Snorri’s Christian background and Biblical stories and the Gylfaginning offers a look on how the observations of nature created the Norse’s beliefs and beginnings. Snorri also provides his reader’s with the foundation of Christian beliefs as a way to create a way to recognize the relationship between Christianity and the Norse cosmology Snorri’s Prologue explains the Norse had…
Tolkien was a very well known, profound author, and he is well known for his made up worlds and villages. Tolkien is very similar to C.S. Lewis. He and Lewis were very similar in they liked to write fictional stories that consisted of the authors making up their own world and villages. He preferred to interpret different symbols throughout his writings. In Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings he inserted different Christian symbols.…
The major philosophical theme in Prince Caspian is faith throughout the movie, or lacking faith however each character coming into realization of it. Prince Caspian is a fantastic descent versus. Detestable story set during a period when the genuine Narnians who have confidence in and take after Aslan an illustrative of the individuals who take after Christ which are driven underground, both physically and typically. The little band of devotees is compelled to hang out in Aslan's How, "a huge mound which Narnians raised in very ancient times over a magical place, where there stood, and perhaps still stands, a very magical Stone." That Stone ends up being the Stone Table on which Aslan was yielded to recover the traitorous Edmund in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the most evident reference to Christ's reclaiming penance on the cross.…
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is impacted by, “Hobbit” culture. “Nine o’clock we’d call it in the Shire,” said Pippin aloud to himself. ‘Just the time for a nice breakfast by the open window in spring sunshine. And how I should like breakfast!’…
While Bilbo, Balin and Gandalf was talking about the happy things in life, Gandalf and Gandalf got to the point why they came by to visit Bilbo. Actually they came because they found out that someone stole the Arkenstone, and they need Bilbo's help to find out who stole it, noir being a burglar this time. So they went on another journey, and this time they still kinda got lost even though they went on that route before, maybe because they got older so they forgot, so maybe its some other reasons, who knows? So this time they still decided to have a short rest at the exact same way, but this time there were no trolls, then they didn't go though the cave and then over the Lonely mountains, instead they found a faster way.…
Because Tolkien has his own interpretation and belief in Christianity, he starts a new chapter of fiction novel, and uses many unique ways to express his Christian view of life to bear on his fictional scholarships. First of all, most of his myths have many parallels and connections to biblical stories. In The Silmarillion, a fantasy fiction novel of Tolkien’s mythopoeic works, Tolkien depicts the entire history of his fictional world, and there is a Holy Creator, who is named Ilúvatar. At the beginning of Tolkien’s world, Ilúvatar made the Ainurs by his thoughts and “they[Ainur] made a great music before him[Ilúvatar]. In this Music the World was begun; for Ilúvatar made visible the song of the Ainur, and they beheld it as a light ”(Tolkien 25).…
“I’m not a hero or a warrior, not even a burglar. ”(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Although not written in the book, these words were spoken by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It is in this scene that Bilbo describes himself to Thorin as just an average creature, when in reality he is anything but that.…
Magical elements, religion, mythical creatures and Norse mythology make up most fantasy novels. Rothfuss, Tolkien and Martin take different aspects from one religion and each author emphasis a different element from Christianity. The same with Norse mythology, different aspects were shown throughout each novel. Martin’s novel took a more historic/political view of fantasy. Tolkien was more mythical, where Rothfuss is in-between.…
The Anglo-Saxon Era was one of transition from pagan beliefs to Christianity, which can be see interwoven in the literature of the period. By the time “Beowulf” was transcribed, pagan mythology and Christian truths were viewed as mutually exclusive ideals, but to many people these tales coexisted within their hearts and minds as is revealed by the story of “Beowulf” as the author transitions seamlessly between the two warring worldviews. The relationship of Christianity and pagan legends is complex and intertwined in literature; often, the pagan legends were recorded by Christian monks, who added hints of Christianity to the pagan tales. Looking back to the society and culture in history can provide valuable insights into today’s world and…