J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’s movie was an adaptation of the book by J. R. R. Tolkien, who believed that, at the time of his death in 1973, the Lord of the Rings book could not be turned into a film. The movie was released on December 19th, 2001 in the fantasy and adventure genre according to IMDB. Most everyone has seen this movie and we all seem to love it. This movie gives us a sense of adventure by just sitting there and watching it while Frodo (Elijah Wood), and his…

J. R. R. Tolkien wrote, “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” Living in the moment and pursuing your dreams are undoubtedly essential parts of enjoying life; however, it is equally as important to stick to your roots and appreciate where you came from, where you obtained your intellectual curiosities, and where you predestined your goals and aspirations. I grew up in a very…

There is little argument when it comes to the vast influence and incredible genius of the works of Led Zeppelin. Their 1995 induction bibliography in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame cited them “as influential” during the 1970s as the Beatles during the 1960s. However, when it comes to their classification as a musical genre, there is much debate, not only from fans or their music, but from the band members themselves. In this discourse, I will examine whether or not the band can be labeled as…

The characteristic of dehumanization in both Travis Prinzi’s “Dehumanization: Defining Evil in Harry Potter,” and the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling offers various similarities between the definition of the word evil, and the context for which the word can be used in respectively. With the philosophical text that Prinzi offers in his thesis regarding the validity of dually the denotation, and the connotation of the word evil, and how it is used to describe several characters in the…

The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the most celebrated English literary series of the 20th century. The author, C. S. Lewis, wrote this series with a correlation of core concepts, major themes, and key symbols among the books. Three key themes that Lewis focuses on are the idea that God, directly and indirectly, influences our lives, the representation of Satan through the witches, and how persons deal with their sin and how they must discover and repent of their sin to be successful in life…

C.S. Lewis and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe C.S. Lewis was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist. He is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia, but has many other well-known novels and series. The best known book in the Narnia series is The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, the first book of seven. By looking at The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, one can see that…

“Not all those who wander are lost,” a line from the poem All That Glitters Is Not Gold by J. R. R Tolkien tells how even if you are on a journey and you don’t know quite where your destination is, it can be worth the while. In this unit, we learned about multiple journeys that can convey how the journey is important to gain life long experiences and build upon courage in order to set off on your own. On this journey, we can see some heroes, a hero can be defined as someone who even in the…

The most prominent genre of the book is mythology. Mythopoeia is the act of writing a mythology. We can name C. S. Lewis, H. P. Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany as the most notable and famous mythology writers. The word mythopoeia was first used by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s. The Authors in mythology genre integrate traditional mythology themes and archetypes into fiction. As similar to fantasy worlds or fictional universes mythology aim to evoke the detailed worlds of well-ordered histories,…

Even though there are several eminent horror story authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, and Arthur Machen, Stephen King is one of the most prolific and commercially successful horror authors of the past half century. Renowned author Stephen King has written numerous novels and short stories that have sold many millions of copies. He continues to produce frightening page turners. Stephen King has been influenced,influenced others,faced challenges, been inspired,writes horror stories and many other…

didn’t think I could be successful if I didn’t complete college, and I didn’t know what to do with myself. I kind of lost it for a while. I left Nevada and moved to Arizona for a fresh start. I stopped reading. When I moved away, I didn’t even hunt down the local library. I kept a journal, but that never felt like “real” writing, either. “You’re a Writer” I got an email out of the blue one day. A classmate from high school wanted to know how I was, and to tell me that he’d had a short story…