Yes, they're baaaack~ =)
And i missed these days... Thursdays are not complete without these entertaining quotes. :P
Beware, f-list -- Tolkien Days are back. :P
"But the cat-and-dog story is only the test before the real crisis. Arriving in Melko's stronghold, Angband, a shadowy immensity above an industrial slave-pit, we reach the crux of Tolkien's narrative: the moment when the small but resolute confronts the demonic embodiment of tyranny and destruction. Tolkien came to regard the tale of Beren and Tinuviel as 'the first example of the motive (to become dominant in Hobbits) that the great policies of world history, 'the wheels of the world', are often turned not by the Lords and Governors, even gods, but by the seemingly unknown and weak'. Such a worldview is inherent in the fairy-tale (and Christian) idea of the happy ending in which the dispossessed are restored to joy; but perhaps Tolkien was also struck by the way it had been borne out in the Great War, when ordinary people stepped out of ordinary lives to carry the fate of nations."
~John Garth's Tolkien and the Great War, pgs. 263-264
...
The appeal of stories like these, where the heroes are thrust into a situation of such enormous magnitude of difficulty, really is a major reason why LotR, The Hobbit and the tale of Beren and Luthien are so popular and so many love them so much. This part is written very well by Garth here and it really affected me and i agree with it so that is why i'm sharing~ :)
/must finish Epilogue soon...
Beware, f-list -- Tolkien Days are back. :P
"But the cat-and-dog story is only the test before the real crisis. Arriving in Melko's stronghold, Angband, a shadowy immensity above an industrial slave-pit, we reach the crux of Tolkien's narrative: the moment when the small but resolute confronts the demonic embodiment of tyranny and destruction. Tolkien came to regard the tale of Beren and Tinuviel as 'the first example of the motive (to become dominant in Hobbits) that the great policies of world history, 'the wheels of the world', are often turned not by the Lords and Governors, even gods, but by the seemingly unknown and weak'. Such a worldview is inherent in the fairy-tale (and Christian) idea of the happy ending in which the dispossessed are restored to joy; but perhaps Tolkien was also struck by the way it had been borne out in the Great War, when ordinary people stepped out of ordinary lives to carry the fate of nations."
~John Garth's Tolkien and the Great War, pgs. 263-264
...
The appeal of stories like these, where the heroes are thrust into a situation of such enormous magnitude of difficulty, really is a major reason why LotR, The Hobbit and the tale of Beren and Luthien are so popular and so many love them so much. This part is written very well by Garth here and it really affected me and i agree with it so that is why i'm sharing~ :)
/must finish Epilogue soon...