This article was originally a part of my thesis which discussed Tolkien’s depiction of ingenuine friendship, along with what became the article Boromir the misunderstood hero. In this installment I focus on the relationship between…
Mr. Paul Edwin Zimmer, of Greyhaven, remarked to me once that most analysis of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien was undertaken from the Evangelical Protestant or from the Anglican point of view. As Tolkien himself…
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 175 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A wistful remembrance of Sam about Frodo I thought I saw you, today. In the grass, a book lay open.…
Over the past fifteen years, an immense number of books dealing with J.R.R. Tolkien have appeared on the bookshelves. No doubt Peter Jackson’s movies has provided some rather mighty advertising for the former Oxford don. Sadly,…
There are two subjects which Tolkien's works are very careful never to touch: the first one is sex, and the other is the machine. Tolkien talks at length about each of these in his Letters…
On the brink of the turn of the millennium I read most of Tolkien’s books, most of them in Dutch and some in English. At the time I was wondering how Tolkien would look in…
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 150 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: Sam's fear of being left behind by Frodo manifested in a poem He can't leave without me. Though friendship may…
We all know about Tolkien’s firm faith and Lewis’ incredible conversion, and we certainly all know about their fantastic stories, and Lewis’ commentary of the truth. But have you ever wondered where they got the…
Think of a novel, any novel. Now think of that book’s central conflict; every story will have one because without conflict there would be no plot. The conflict may take many forms, from an…
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to the master, J. R. R. Tolkien- (Lord of the Rings books/movies). I only express my thoughts on the characters and landscape therein; and thus only own my own uniqueness.…
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