Bibliography: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Preliminary Thesis

I want to argue that in the fiction of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, the author deliberately creates a believable word that emphasize imagination that his ideas began to show and perform actions, an imaginative creation that moves people deeply inside because of the moral visionary that Tolkien expresses in his life. In fact, Tolkien seems to be interested in power. Power is a very intriguing and irrelevant subject to be interested in because it is something that people think of everyday. However, as Tolkien creates a believable world, he presents it as vividly, objectively, and emotionally the eternal conflict between life and death. We can see this in his book about the ring, The Lord of the Rings. In his book, Tolkien writes about a myth and a struggle for life, which leaves the reader puzzled and trying to figure out what the characters will do next. However, The Lord of the Rings can be described as heroism because the characters are willing to do whatever it takes to destroy the ring in the presence of life and death.

Historical Source

Basney, Lionel. Myth, History, and Time in The Lord of the Rings. Zimbardo, Rose A. and Neil

D. Isaacs. Understanding The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,

2004. Pages 183-194

This is a historical source. Lionel Basney is an author that discusses mythology, history, and time in Tolkien's life. Basney describes mythology as lore that can be seen through Frodo's quest in the secondary world. Basney argues that mythology can be experienced throughout the story and can be described through history by experience. As the narrative unfolds, Basney can see that the secondary world also ...

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...n dislike the modern world and decide to come up with his own world as a secondary world? I have not been able to answer this question, yet I am still looking for the reason why Tolkien created his own world. It seems like Tolkien tried to follow God's creation in how he made the world except Tolkien did it in several ways by using the darkness. Yes, a lot of my research on Tolkien has surprised me because everything I need to explain in my thesis is what every scholar is trying to explain mostly. I think may want to find a few more sources so I can compare to the ones that I have now because some other sources might give more information. I am not sure, but I think I have left a small gap in explaining my thesis, but I will work with to see if I really did. However, I like what people had to say about The Lord of the Rings because they made it very interesting.