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J.R.R. Tolkien: Tolkien's books are considered very influencial. "Tolkien: the Lord of Fantasy." //Lord of the Rings Fantasy World//. Elana Gomel, 1998. Web. 8 May 2010. . "The Lord of Fantasy." //Scribd//. passionwriter1301, May 4, 2009. Web. 8 May 2010. . "The Tolkien Society." //Frequently Asked Questions//. The Tolkien Society, 2002. Web. 8 May 2010. .

J.R.R. Tolkien's many, elaborate works are considered influential, as proven time and again by other authors, readers, and the amount of awards he's received for them.

**I. Other Authors**
A. More demand for fiction books 1. People liked his books so much they wanted more, which inspired others to write more fiction 2. Others incorporated the group of people on an adventure into their storylines 3. Others incoroporated good vs. evil plot

B. More Detailed Writings 1. More authors themeatic essecnce through grammar, syntatic, lexical, and aural effects 2. More engagment with ideas that have been considered among the great themes in english literature. 3. More people looked to English lterature for inspiration

C. Different Ways of Looking at Fantasy 1. More new world-old world combinations in books/ implifies old world landscapes, but new world villans 2. Authors made charecters in books similar to real people/ easy for readers to identify, there fore changing a look on fantasy 3. contemporary fantasy novel equivalent to daily newspaper/ staurated with information, and requires considerable mental effort

**II. Readers**
A. Charecters 1. Deep charecters 2. People can see themselves in charecters 3. Diverse personalities

B. Deep Feelings 1. Emotions that are important in life: friendship,loyalty, love, etc. 2. Human experiences woven into the stories 3. Profound human elements draw people in

C. Morals 1. Good vs. Evil theme/ good wins 2. Makes heros out of modest charecters 3. The ring represents temptation/ charecters are susceptible to it

**III. Awards**
A. Prometheus Hall of Fame Award 1. recieved in 2009 2. Award was given when tolkiebn was dead 3. given out by Libertarian Futurist Society

B. Gandalf Award 1. recieved in 1974 2. named after Gandalf the Wizard (LOTR) 3. sponsored by Lin Carter and the Swordsmen and Sorcerer's Guild of America (SAGA)

C. Keith Barker Millennium Book Award Winner 1. presented in 2000 2. presented by the Youth Libraries Group, School Library Association and Library Association Schools Library Group 3. most significant children's book published between 1920 and 1939

Internet Source 1: [] 1.**Born:** January 3, 1892 2. Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa 3. Died September 2, 1973 4. Died in Bournemouth, Dorset, England 5. Unspecified cause of death 6. Buried in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 7. Roman Catholic 8. Ethnicity: White 9. Nationality: England 10. Served in Lancashire Fusiliers (WWI, 1915-18) 11. Arthur and Mabel Tolkien were his parents 12. Arthur died from brain hemorrhage 13. Mabel died in 1904 from diabetes 14. J.R.R had two younger brothers named Hilary and John 15. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is his full name 16. Tolkien met his love, Edith Bratt when he was young 17. Had four children John Francis, Michael Hilary, Christopher, and Priscilla Anne 18. Tolkien got trench fever in 1916 and was sent to a military hospital 19. C.S. Lewis and Tolkien were friends 20. Tolkien recieved a lot of awards and acknowledgements

Internet Source 2: [] 1. Attended Exeter College, Oxford, near the end of 1911 2. Was a “Classical Exhibitioner in Residence”/name for a student who studies languages, literature, mythology, and the classics 3. Finished his degree in 1915 4. Married Edith Mary Bratt in early 1916 5. After catching trench fever in November 1916, Tolkien never returned to active duty in the army 6. Spent several months in and out of the hospital because of his trench fever 7.While hospitalized and sick, he started writing some of the tales of Middle Earth 8. The Silmarillion was published years after his death 9. Tolkiens moved to a place near Christ Church College once J.R.R got better 10. Got a position as a junior editor for the //Oxford English Dictionary// 11. He began to really develop the languages of the elves of Middle Earth 12. Languages were based in Anglo-Saxon, Welsh, and Finnish roots 13. Continued to work on his early Middle Earth tales 14. In 1921, Tolkien was offered a post at the University of Leeds 15. Remained at this post until 1925 16.Then he took a position as Professor Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University 17. Held position until he retired in 1959 18. During the early 1930’s he joined a group of scholars called the "Inklings" 19. C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams were in the Inklings as well 20. Usually met in pubs to drink, talk, and read each other's works

Print Source 1: [] 1. Tolkien's father was a bank manager 2. Tolkien's mothe converted to Roman Catholicism in 1900 3. When his mothe died, Tolkien and his siblings came under the guardianship of a Catholic priest 4. Tolkien met his love Edith Mary Pratt while with the priest 5. She was an orphan too 6. Edith inspired Tolkien's charecter Lúthien Tinúviel 7. The priest disapproved of them 8. Tolkien couldn't ask Edith to marry him until he was 21 9. While he waited he attended King Edward's School in addition to Exeter College 10. World War I he saw action in the Somme 11. Specializied in Old and Middle English, at the University of Leeds 12. Acted as an examiner for other universities 13. Produced few but influential publications 14. A lecture on Beowulf was included in those publications 15. Tolkien entertained himself by writing a detailed series of fantasy stories, usually dark and upsetting in a world he created 16. This series of tales eventually became //The Silmarillion// 17. His desire to write these stories grew from a love of telling and hearing stories 18. To entertain his children, Tolkien wrote lighter, less depressing/dark books, the most important being The Hobbit 19. In 1937 //The Hobbit// was published and became so popular the publisher asked for a sequel 20. Tolkien being old, failed to complete //The Silmarillion,// so his youngest son, Christopher, edited and published it

Print Source 2: J.R.R. Tolkien by Neil Heims 1. Tolkien's parents were Anglican before his dad died, then his mother converted to Roman Catholicism 2. He didn't like Shakespear 3. Tolkien got his interest in languages from his mother 4. He developed a language called "Animalic" at a young age, which he and his cousins eventually altered and called it Nevbosh/New Nonsense 5. Tolkien was in the Tea Club and Barovian Society (T.C.B.S.) 6. At first, Tolkien and Edith kept their relationship secret, but then Father Francis found out and forbade Tolkien to see Edith or even write to her 7. Tolkien played rugby at King Edward's School 8. He had a slight speech impediment all of his life 9. He played Hermes in Aristophane's play //Peace// during his last term 10. Tolkien's wife, Edith, belonged to the Church of England (Protestant) 11. His strict observation of Roman Catholicism wasn't appealing to Edith 12. Tolkien was in many groups in Oxford 13. Tolkien palyed rugby at Oxford as well 14. Tolkien and Lewis met on May 11, 1926 at an English department tea 15. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis gave each other encouragement and ideas 16. Lewis dedicated //The Screwtape Letters// to Tolkien 17. When Lewis got married, it messed up his friendship with Tolkien 18. Tolkien dissaproved of divorce 19. Tolkien was jealous of Charles Williams because of the effect he had on C.S. Lewis 20. Harsh critisim from a former teacher made Tolkien hesitant to share his work