LOTR vs Harry Potter - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

02-12-2002, 01:56 AM

The Potter series is geared towards children while Tolkien's books are geared toward a more adult audience, so of course LOTR is going to seem more mature and more appealing to you as an adult. As for Ms. Rowling, if she read any of Tolkien's work (I don't know if she did or not...), of course she was probably influenced by it, but I don't think that she meant the Potter series to be a blatant ripoff of LOTR. The only major similarities that I see between the Potter series and LOTR is that they're both of the fantasy genre and they both have wizards.

02-12-2002, 01:56 AM	#10
Jenny 8675309 Guest Posts: n/a	The Potter series is geared towards children while Tolkien's books are geared toward a more adult audience, so of course LOTR is going to seem more mature and more appealing to you as an adult. As for Ms. Rowling, if she read any of Tolkien's work (I don't know if she did or not...), of course she was probably influenced by it, but I don't think that she meant the Potter series to be a blatant ripoff of LOTR. The only major similarities that I see between the Potter series and LOTR is that they're both of the fantasy genre and they both have wizards.