themes in the hobbit...help!! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-01-2003, 11:10 AM

Actually, the guy who be short, when Tolkien wrote 'The Hobbit', he had no idea that there would ever be a book called 'The Lord of the Rings'. It was only after 'The Hobbit' was so successful that he was asked to write more about hobbits and decided to combine them with his mythology of the 'Silmarillion', which he had been writing for years.

Therefore, 'The Hobbit' was written with no thought of any other books and its themes are all its own.

02-01-2003, 11:10 AM	#10
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Actually, the guy who be short, when Tolkien wrote 'The Hobbit', he had no idea that there would ever be a book called 'The Lord of the Rings'. It was only after 'The Hobbit' was so successful that he was asked to write more about hobbits and decided to combine them with his mythology of the 'Silmarillion', which he had been writing for years. Therefore, 'The Hobbit' was written with no thought of any other books and its themes are all its own. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'