![]() ![]() Tolkien always disavowed any connection between the events in the Lord of the Rings and the real life events that occurred during its writing. The Lord of the Rings told from the viewpoint of Gandalf or Aragorn would be a different, and more remote story. By the end of the story, they have grown great enough to stand with the wizards and warriors, yet their humbler perspective continues to be essential in bringing the story to the level of the reader. The Hobbits are decidedly minor members of the Company of the Ring, at least until the end of the first book. Frodo and company are less helpless in the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring, but they still need rescuing. Bilbo Baggins began as little more than baggage at the beginning of The Hobbit., but emerged as a great hero by the end. The Hobbits also grow in the course of the story. Bilbo’s ring of invisibility, which he used to avoid unpleasant callers, becomes the One Ring, whose wearer can obtain absolute power, at the cost of his soul. Gandalf grows from being a cantankerous conjurer to a mighty enemy of Sauron. The Dwarves become the noble Khazad, the Naugrim with a fierce loyalty to kin and friends and ever willing to fight for their rights. They are the Firstborn, ancient beings of great ability and nobility who have their own sorrows. The Elves no longer sit in trees and sing silly songs. The Lord of the Rings is the book for those children who enjoyed the Hobbit who are now grown up. The Hobbit is a children’s book that adults can enjoy. Tolkien’s two worlds that briefly touched in the Hobbit, came together to produce the epic tale of the War of the Ring and the end of the Elder Days of the Eldar. Very soon, however, the tale took on a darker and grander tone. ![]() The early drafts of the story were written in the same lighthearted manner as the Hobbit in a style quite different from the stories of the Elves, posthumously published as the Silmarilion, that Tolkien considered his real life’s work. The Lord of the Rings began as a sequel to Tolkien’s successful children’s book, The Hobbit. ![]() The tale grew in the telling, as Tolkien put it. ![]()
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