J. R. Tolkien: A Hero

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J.R.R Tolkien Heroes are leaders who are caring, honorable, and brave. Ordinary people can be heroes when they have enough perseverance to do extraordinary tasks. These individuals sacrifice themselves for anyone. J.R.R. Tolkien is a hero because, he fought in World War I and saved many lives, and never gave up on his love for writing and put that into his career.
Tolkien's Father died when Roald was at the age of four. In 1904 Ronald's mother passed away due to sickness. Ronald and his brother were put into the custody of their church's priest.
Ronald met a girl named Edith, she was nineteen years old and he was only sixteen at the time.
In 1916 he married Edith and they had four children. Ronald was a professor at Leeds University and soon

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