I have enjoyed reading your post and look forward to reading your next one.
I have read Lord of the Rings many times over the years.
The Hobbit will tell you more about Bilbo Baggins and cover the finding of the ring. It was originally only intended as a story JRR Tolkien told to his children.
I have also read The Silmarillion, which covers the first age of Middle Earth (focusing on the Elves).
The Histor of Middle Earth series is interesting where Christopher Tolkien covers the history of the development of his father's legendarium, including the creation of the elvish languages.
Oh, fascinating. *The Hobbit* is on my TBR list, and I hope to pick it up as soon as I'm done with the three titles. As for the other two you've mentioned, they sound amazing; I'd love to know more about Middle Earth's history and Tolkien's process (*especially* the elvish languages).
In the spirit of being me, I have to fit in a question somewhere so: I am curious—Do you prefer a certain edition of classics (e.g., Penguin, Oxford, etc) and why?
"I needed to be let into the mind of the author before witnessing its creation." I loved this expression so much. That's exactly what your words accomplish ☺️
Also, please feel free to deviate as much as you wish, I can never get tired from your lingustics nuggets 🤗
I'll prefece this by saying I've never read LTOR or watch any of its adaptation from start-to-finish. So, there won't be any spoilers here 🫡
I love your analysis. It's so profound, espicially the infusion of Campbell's work. Great stories are built in such a way to mimick the archetypes that are shared by us cross-culturally.
Regarding tom, I got the feeling that perhaps he doesn't fear the ring because he's detached from the situation which thereby renders the ring powerless so to speak. Perhaps it's the characters who give power to the ring just it's we who gives life's struggles the upper-hanrd.
It's similar to how leaders can see the big picture while their subordinate employees cannot because they're deep-in technical work, and how one can rationally advise freind about an emotional issue his/her freind is going through in an insightful manner because they're detached.
If you've ever find yourself stressful situation, try taking a few steps back and looking around; from personal experience, I found that it calms you down and allows you to think more clearly.
I came across this concept in Joko Willink's podcasts and books, and vetted it through good old personal experience.
Oh, wow. That suggestion regarding Tom's immunity to the Ring is pretty insightful. I feel that this might be one aspect of it; I'll let you know once I advance in the story and find out!
Thank you for the thoughtful feedback! I can't wait to share the rest of this reading experience.
I have enjoyed reading your post and look forward to reading your next one.
I have read Lord of the Rings many times over the years.
The Hobbit will tell you more about Bilbo Baggins and cover the finding of the ring. It was originally only intended as a story JRR Tolkien told to his children.
I have also read The Silmarillion, which covers the first age of Middle Earth (focusing on the Elves).
The Histor of Middle Earth series is interesting where Christopher Tolkien covers the history of the development of his father's legendarium, including the creation of the elvish languages.
Oh, fascinating. *The Hobbit* is on my TBR list, and I hope to pick it up as soon as I'm done with the three titles. As for the other two you've mentioned, they sound amazing; I'd love to know more about Middle Earth's history and Tolkien's process (*especially* the elvish languages).
I'm glad you enjoyed this!
Happy reading! 😇
That should be *History of Middle Earth*
What a feat! I have also always wanted to read Tolkien, but the timing has never been right.
It'll find you just when you need it, and it'll be so worth it! 👌
In the spirit of being me, I have to fit in a question somewhere so: I am curious—Do you prefer a certain edition of classics (e.g., Penguin, Oxford, etc) and why?
Hmm I don't have a preference, if I'm being honest. But looking at my collection, I can see most of it is Penguin!
"I needed to be let into the mind of the author before witnessing its creation." I loved this expression so much. That's exactly what your words accomplish ☺️
Also, please feel free to deviate as much as you wish, I can never get tired from your lingustics nuggets 🤗
Hahaha thanks! Glad you like it
I'll prefece this by saying I've never read LTOR or watch any of its adaptation from start-to-finish. So, there won't be any spoilers here 🫡
I love your analysis. It's so profound, espicially the infusion of Campbell's work. Great stories are built in such a way to mimick the archetypes that are shared by us cross-culturally.
Regarding tom, I got the feeling that perhaps he doesn't fear the ring because he's detached from the situation which thereby renders the ring powerless so to speak. Perhaps it's the characters who give power to the ring just it's we who gives life's struggles the upper-hanrd.
It's similar to how leaders can see the big picture while their subordinate employees cannot because they're deep-in technical work, and how one can rationally advise freind about an emotional issue his/her freind is going through in an insightful manner because they're detached.
If you've ever find yourself stressful situation, try taking a few steps back and looking around; from personal experience, I found that it calms you down and allows you to think more clearly.
I came across this concept in Joko Willink's podcasts and books, and vetted it through good old personal experience.
Oh, wow. That suggestion regarding Tom's immunity to the Ring is pretty insightful. I feel that this might be one aspect of it; I'll let you know once I advance in the story and find out!
Thank you for the thoughtful feedback! I can't wait to share the rest of this reading experience.
Cannot wait to read it likewise ☺️ Forgive my typos in the previous post. I was up past 1 AM cuz someone wrote a fantastic piece of writing 😉