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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 1213602" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p><strong>re</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They did mean something to him. I don't doubt that. Tolkien is my favorite author as I have already professed. I have read quite a deal on him and watched a few biographies on his life.</p><p></p><p>The one constant in his life is that he loved storytelling. He built Middle Earth over a number of years based on a variety of influences including the Bible, Beowulf and other forms of Norse mythology. He started a few storytelling groups and was an outspoken advocate of what is now termed speculative fiction.</p><p></p><p>Elements of his story that you mentioned could just as easily have been changed were the story's needs different. As I stated, there are alternative scenes he constructed for many of the characters which would have completely changed the story. Tolkien was a storyteller first. It brought him joy. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This statement is very true. He knew he could not stop the changes, they were inevitable. So he created a place to escape from the bothers of daily life, and he did such an extraordinary job that others grew to love the work when it was published.</p><p></p><p>The above statement is exactly the reason why I don't think he intended to send a message. He was escaping, much like we do when we game. That doesn't mean that you can't gain insight into the man and his beliefs through his work, I just don't think he was sending a message to the masses in the same way that <em>Orwell</em> or <em>Twain</em> did in some of their works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 1213602, member: 5834"] [b]re[/b] They did mean something to him. I don't doubt that. Tolkien is my favorite author as I have already professed. I have read quite a deal on him and watched a few biographies on his life. The one constant in his life is that he loved storytelling. He built Middle Earth over a number of years based on a variety of influences including the Bible, Beowulf and other forms of Norse mythology. He started a few storytelling groups and was an outspoken advocate of what is now termed speculative fiction. Elements of his story that you mentioned could just as easily have been changed were the story's needs different. As I stated, there are alternative scenes he constructed for many of the characters which would have completely changed the story. Tolkien was a storyteller first. It brought him joy. This statement is very true. He knew he could not stop the changes, they were inevitable. So he created a place to escape from the bothers of daily life, and he did such an extraordinary job that others grew to love the work when it was published. The above statement is exactly the reason why I don't think he intended to send a message. He was escaping, much like we do when we game. That doesn't mean that you can't gain insight into the man and his beliefs through his work, I just don't think he was sending a message to the masses in the same way that [i]Orwell[/i] or [i]Twain[/i] did in some of their works. [/QUOTE]
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