In the Lord of The Rings article, the author, Kathleen E. Gilligan, first started by stating that there are many different ways to view the book series. She makes a claim that Tolkien's books have a religious tone in it by quoting another article, "Baptizing-Middle Earth." Even though Tolkien himself claim that he didn't intended it to be about Christianity. She supports her statement with many examples.
Tolkien may have had simply written religious elements in without even realizing. She supported this by stating facts that Tolkien was a Christian and considering the time that the book was written in may have influences his writing. An example would be how Tolkien's love life had influenced Aragon and Arwen's love relationship in the book.
Another argument is that the The Fellowship of The Ring is rather about the temptation of the ring. The author then went on to addressing what temptation actually means to assure the audience’s understood. She makes the connection of the word on how it always involves something evil. She then also compares how the books are related to the Bible. An example is that the ring itself is "the evil one." Almost all the characters that interacted with the ring are corrupt by it in some ways. She makes many comparisons with the characters from the book and the Bible. Like how the temptations and punishment of Eve parallels with Tolkien’s books. One may get what they want, but pays the price for it in the end. It’s some legitimate evidence that does prove her statement.
She went on explaining that even the most powerful characters such as Gandalf and Galadriel is not safe from the temptation of the ring. She quotes from the book when Gandalf said to Frodo, “Don’t tempt me” stating that even the book itself describes the ring as tempting with gold and shiny. However, these characters do not accept the ring when offered, because they knew the consequences. Unlike Sméagol, who used to be a hobbit, but due to the temptations of the ring, he has become a hideous creature. The author shows two sides of how this can happen to the worse and the best. She then compares this to how Jesus was tempted by the Devil but refuses it because he knew the consequences that could happen.
The evidence she provided is quite easy to understand and see. The examples of the book do reflect a lot of the Bible’s elements. It surprises me how much more there is into one of my favorite books of all time. When I first read it, I didn’t see it as a religious reading like how this author has stated. The way this article was written is exactly how I would’ve written it. The rules don’t differ at all. You start with the introduction of the author and book then the body and lastly the conclusion which sums it all up. It doesn’t do anything different from the format that I was use to. She still use quotes and uses examples like I would.
Tolkien may have had simply written religious elements in without even realizing. She supported this by stating facts that Tolkien was a Christian and considering the time that the book was written in may have influences his writing. An example would be how Tolkien's love life had influenced Aragon and Arwen's love relationship in the book.
Another argument is that the The Fellowship of The Ring is rather about the temptation of the ring. The author then went on to addressing what temptation actually means to assure the audience’s understood. She makes the connection of the word on how it always involves something evil. She then also compares how the books are related to the Bible. An example is that the ring itself is "the evil one." Almost all the characters that interacted with the ring are corrupt by it in some ways. She makes many comparisons with the characters from the book and the Bible. Like how the temptations and punishment of Eve parallels with Tolkien’s books. One may get what they want, but pays the price for it in the end. It’s some legitimate evidence that does prove her statement.
She went on explaining that even the most powerful characters such as Gandalf and Galadriel is not safe from the temptation of the ring. She quotes from the book when Gandalf said to Frodo, “Don’t tempt me” stating that even the book itself describes the ring as tempting with gold and shiny. However, these characters do not accept the ring when offered, because they knew the consequences. Unlike Sméagol, who used to be a hobbit, but due to the temptations of the ring, he has become a hideous creature. The author shows two sides of how this can happen to the worse and the best. She then compares this to how Jesus was tempted by the Devil but refuses it because he knew the consequences that could happen.
The evidence she provided is quite easy to understand and see. The examples of the book do reflect a lot of the Bible’s elements. It surprises me how much more there is into one of my favorite books of all time. When I first read it, I didn’t see it as a religious reading like how this author has stated. The way this article was written is exactly how I would’ve written it. The rules don’t differ at all. You start with the introduction of the author and book then the body and lastly the conclusion which sums it all up. It doesn’t do anything different from the format that I was use to. She still use quotes and uses examples like I would.
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