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1. The theme of LOTR...
E!! Tolkien's emphasis on War and Friendship is very strong. Mostly friendship. There are three main friendships in LOTR that are what we call "perfect" (and people love 'em!): Frodo and Sam, Legolas and Gimli, and Merry and Pippin.
2. Contemporary references...
Well, yeah, there's the general things: we still have war and friendship, good and evil, we still have people trying to preserve what is traditional fighting people who welcome the new age with new ideas.
But not anything like that biased LOTR: FOTR National Geographic thing spews out, not like that.
4. LOTR is a nostalgic type of work.
5. LOTR provides truths on the human condition...
I would say ALL OF THEM A-E at different times!
6. Moved me the most...
C, D, and E
You always feel like there's somethign missing. Something more to be told. SOmething more that you could find out. It's almost overwhelming and depressing: "I'll NEVER know everything about Middle-Earth!"
7. Characterize...
A, B, C, D, and E! All of them are very true!
8. I read the hobbit in 4th grade, and then LOTR in 5th or 6th grade. Have been devoted since!
9. Does my appreciation and understanding of LOTR increase with time???.....
YES! of course it does! Every time I read it, think about it, look soemthi up, chat on the Barrowdowns...I GET IT MORE!
And I love it more!
Woo. That didn't take too long. But that was a very intellectual quiz!
--Lanniae
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