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Re: Tolkien Inspirations
I haven't read his biography, but Tolkien seems to me to have been deeply affected by the horrors of WWI and the loss of so many of his friends at a young age. Didn't his mother die young too? There's a pervasive sense of sadness and loss that underlies virtually all of his work. Even in the midst of their most glorious victories, his heroes must taste bitterness.
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