Tolkien and everyday life - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ashton · 02-03-2004, 05:12 PM

One thing I really see differently since I read the Books is war. I really never Imagined what it is like and I didn't realize that people were dying or getting wounded, people that had their own lives and families. I have found that war affects everybody, no matter who you are and where you live. Tolkien really puts this element of war into his books.

I also see nature differently. Whenever I go into a forest I think of all the things that Tolkien portrayed in Fangorn and Lothlórien Forests. I think that maybe trees do have a life of their own and they care when something happens to the Forest around them. I have actually gotten involved in trying to preserve forests and wilderness because of Tolkeins insights.

02-03-2004, 05:12 PM	#1
Ashton Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Middle Earth (Where else would I be?) Posts: 33	One thing I really see differently since I read the Books is war. I really never Imagined what it is like and I didn't realize that people were dying or getting wounded, people that had their own lives and families. I have found that war affects everybody, no matter who you are and where you live. Tolkien really puts this element of war into his books. I also see nature differently. Whenever I go into a forest I think of all the things that Tolkien portrayed in Fangorn and Lothlórien Forests. I think that maybe trees do have a life of their own and they care when something happens to the Forest around them. I have actually gotten involved in trying to preserve forests and wilderness because of Tolkeins insights. __________________ Eat, Drink and be Merry......or Pippin.