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dragongirlG · 03-30-2002, 11:10 AM

Rereading will definitely help you understand his works better. When I first finished LOTR, I said, "Okay, that's it." But then I kept going back and opening it up to a random page and kept reading the trilogy (book) again...and again...and again. It also may depend on your maturity, and your patience. At first you may not like Tolkien's style and find it too descriptive, but when you get used to it, you'll love it. Many people I know just don't have the patience to get through all of LOTR, and stopped reading and thinking about it as soon as they finished Fellowship. I'm in 8th grade and I understood LOTR just fine. I read The Hobbit in 6th-7th grade (during the summer) and understood it well too.

I admit that I was quite overwhelmed when I found this site too. I bookmarked it but never came to it, because I wasn't prepared or mature enough to handle people with such knowledge of Tolkien's works.

I haven't read the Sil yet, unfortunately. My sister is reading it first.

[ March 30, 2002: Message edited by: dragongirlG ]

03-30-2002, 11:10 AM	#50
dragongirlG Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stock, the Shire Posts: 151	Rereading will definitely help you understand his works better. When I first finished LOTR, I said, "Okay, that's it." But then I kept going back and opening it up to a random page and kept reading the trilogy (book) again...and again...and again. It also may depend on your maturity, and your patience. At first you may not like Tolkien's style and find it too descriptive, but when you get used to it, you'll love it. Many people I know just don't have the patience to get through all of LOTR, and stopped reading and thinking about it as soon as they finished Fellowship. I'm in 8th grade and I understood LOTR just fine. I read The Hobbit in 6th-7th grade (during the summer) and understood it well too. I admit that I was quite overwhelmed when I found this site too. I bookmarked it but never came to it, because I wasn't prepared or mature enough to handle people with such knowledge of Tolkien's works. I haven't read the Sil yet, unfortunately. My sister is reading it first. [ March 30, 2002: Message edited by: dragongirlG ]