Jacob+Heaton


 * 1) Tolkien likes to use old myths and literary terms of magic in a new way
 * 2) he uses a lot of comparing good and evil in a way he has changed mythology
 * 3) in the lord of the rings he lets your mind wander and get what they want from it
 * 4) in my opinion he has influenced other mythology
 * 5) Tolkiens writing style is a new kind of writing mythology
 * 6) people have said that his writing is like a comic
 * 7) most mythology is finished after the book is over but this leaves your mind guessing
 * 8) in Tolkiens writings he uses many interesting words
 * 9) that is a part of how he keeps you guessing
 * 10) in his writing the women charters are few but very important
 * 11) most mythology used to be the male had all of the power
 * 12) his description of power is based of his christian beliefs
 * 13) most mythology is not based on religion
 * 14) it is not really based on religion it is only the power distribution
 * 15) his writing have been recommended to a lot of young adults
 * 16) he has mixed old mythology with newer kind
 * 17) he never got rid of the fantasy and added the women
 * 18) many people have criticized for that
 * 19) he has in a way helped women
 * 20) his writing is to amuses people

Fisher, Jason. "Dwarves, spiders, and murky woods: J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderful web of words." //Mythlore// 29.12 (2010): 5+. //Literature Resource Center//. Web. 3 Dec. 2010.

http://www.tolkien-online.com/silmarillion.html
 * 1)   the song misty mountain hop was influenced by tolkien
 * 2)   the band was led zeppelin
 * 3)   he influenced many metal bands
 * 4)   it has to do the middle of the earth and thats what the bands like
 * 5)   he influenced the song ramble on
 * 6)   it is an interpretation of frodos   struggles
 * 7) also the battle of ever more
 * 8) band blind guardian
 * 9) a German band influenced by tolkien
 * 10) people all over the world have songs based on the legacy
 * 11) people used the struggles of characters as there lyrics
 * 12) lord of the rings is consider Christan
 * 13) he portrays sin as the ring
 * 14) the ring is considers the evil
 * 15) frodo is the good and has to destroy the ring
 * 16) gullom is like the devil in the Christan religion
 * 17) frodo is like a follower of god
 * 18) and destroying the ring is like spreading the word of god
 * 19) gullom is forgiven many times like how Christans should are supposed to forgive people
 * 20) the Christan faith is like this
 * 21) Wood, Ralph C. "Good & evil in Middle-earth: the characters are mythic, but the epic sweeps across a Christian moral landscape." //Christian History// 22.2 (2003): 28+. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 6 Dec. 2010.
 * 22) e lord of the rings is a mythology mixed with Christianity


 * 1) his writing style of mythology is considered Norse
 * 2) Norse language helped him name the characters
 * 3) some say Richard wanger influenced him
 * 4) Richard started writing in 1876
 * 5) in 1937 tolkien started writing
 * 6) he also writes in old english
 * 7) the lord of the rings is read by many teens or children
 * 8) they start at the hobbit
 * 9) then they go to the lord of the rings
 * 10) when the children read it at a young age it goes over there head sometimes
 * 11) they read it again and they get a new inspiration
 * 12) you can make a slight connection to your faith with theses books
 * 13) if more children read it they can get more info about faith
 * 14) the old mythology in his writings is harder for children to read
 * 15) he uses Norse because it relates to his characters
 * 16) the lord of the rings has legendary linguistics
 * 17) there is not that many writers of mythology with that ability to want people to write like him
 * 18) it is a mythology mixed with scientific fiction
 * 19) the kind of creatures he created are like no other
 * 20) he has a one of a kind writing style
 * 21) Johansen, K.V. "Tolkien and Lewis." //Resource Links// Oct. 2002: 28+. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 7 Dec. 2010.


 * 1) the christian faith is similar in many ways
 * 2) the elves could be related to angles
 * 3) the angles in Christianity are people who have die and gone to heaven
 * 4) in the elves are people who are very different
 * 5) they have way more powers than the humans
 * 6) the orcs are like the devil
 * 7) in Christianity the devil is evil
 * 8) the orcs are also evil they don't have any powers
 * 9) that is an interpretation of his beliefs
 * 10) he has combined Norse and his faith
 * 11) when he wrote his book it was not obvious that he wrote about that
 * 12) it is similar to a christian epic
 * 13) many people have read his book
 * 14) Tolkien relates his myths to religious
 * 15) if you read it you can learn about religion if you think so or not
 * 16) there have been over one million copies sold so he has effected many people
 * 17) they can learn many things
 * 18) you can imagine the world like a heaven
 * 19) you can learn about his belifs
 * 20) he made many things
 * 21) aleski, Carol. "Habits of hobbits. (Faith matters)." //The Christian Century// 120.12 (2003): 37. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 7 Dec. 201