For the most part, Tolkien had similar views to authors of his time. However, one area in which he differed from many was government and politics. He didn’t believe that there was one unique government system that would solve the problems of the world. The reason for this being that there is always corruption in government. Tolkien was good friends with C.S. Lewis, the author of the chronicles of Narnia. When it came to religion the two friends would argue all the time, Lewis thought the bible was not true and Tolkien believed deeply in his faith. One of Tolkien’s justifications for his faith was that people create stores to because they were created in the image of God and he also loved to create. Tolkien believed in the bible because it
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Sales of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings exploded in the mid-1960s, hippies liked Tolkien’s vision because of its environmentalism, feminism and anti-war stance. They also enjoyed that many of the characters of Middle Earth are drawn to hallucinogenic plants. The hobbits used hallucinogenic drugs and this may have started the movement to reading the story. The environmentalism view of Tolkien can be seen in The Lord of the Rings, when Saruman destroys forests to create his army. Gandalf and Aragorn then lead the forces of good including those who lived in the forests to destroy the evil Saruman. He also wrote about feminism in The Lord of the Rings. Lady Éowyn of Rohan was struggling to overcome the limits of patriarchal society. For most of history, all governments and organizations have been patriarchal and women have been objectified as everything but leaders. However, Tolkien wrote about Lady Éowyn who although struggled with her role in society, overcame it and didn 't allow her gender to be an obstacle. This appealed to the hippies in the 1960 's because of the feminist movement that was taking place in the U.S. Tolkien 's works influenced Americans in the 1960 's, where hippies put their own spin on Tolkien 's works, interpreting the U.S. Military Draft as Sauron the evil lord. Hippies made the draft to be Sauron because it was killing innocent people, and also because the draft was coming back after its last use in the previous world war. Hippies also used the Shire as an example of how the U.S. should be. They wanted the U.S. to be a peaceful prosperous place. This also included its foreign policy, so how it interacted with other countries. They wanted the U.S. To be peaceful with all other countries while having peace in the country itself. Tolkien 's works also influenced Russian idealists in 1991. “Russian idealists started a coup against Gorbachev in 1991 under the banner Frodo is with
Sales of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings exploded in the mid-1960s, hippies liked Tolkien’s vision because of its environmentalism, feminism and anti-war stance. They also enjoyed that many of the characters of Middle Earth are drawn to hallucinogenic plants. The hobbits used hallucinogenic drugs and this may have started the movement to reading the story. The environmentalism view of Tolkien can be seen in The Lord of the Rings, when Saruman destroys forests to create his army. Gandalf and Aragorn then lead the forces of good including those who lived in the forests to destroy the evil Saruman. He also wrote about feminism in The Lord of the Rings. Lady Éowyn of Rohan was struggling to overcome the limits of patriarchal society. For most of history, all governments and organizations have been patriarchal and women have been objectified as everything but leaders. However, Tolkien wrote about Lady Éowyn who although struggled with her role in society, overcame it and didn 't allow her gender to be an obstacle. This appealed to the hippies in the 1960 's because of the feminist movement that was taking place in the U.S. Tolkien 's works influenced Americans in the 1960 's, where hippies put their own spin on Tolkien 's works, interpreting the U.S. Military Draft as Sauron the evil lord. Hippies made the draft to be Sauron because it was killing innocent people, and also because the draft was coming back after its last use in the previous world war. Hippies also used the Shire as an example of how the U.S. should be. They wanted the U.S. to be a peaceful prosperous place. This also included its foreign policy, so how it interacted with other countries. They wanted the U.S. To be peaceful with all other countries while having peace in the country itself. Tolkien 's works also influenced Russian idealists in 1991. “Russian idealists started a coup against Gorbachev in 1991 under the banner Frodo is with