Help a fellow Tolkien admirer by giving me your opinion

[Nimiriel]

Originally Posted by Linnahiril Tinnufinwen

Just out of curiosity, what is it exactly that your teacher thinks about fantasy? Does she not like LOTRs? Does she not understand that why teenagers would like it? But just as a precaution, please be nice to you're teacher; you can express your opinions, of course, but she has a right to have her own opinions too.

Of course you are right! I just don't like people judging fantasy to be 'nothing but childrens' stories' and not worth looking deeper into than the story of the tale. To me the story is the MAIN reason to read fantasy, but there is no way the author can keep from letting some of his opinions/his view on life/the world show when writing a story. And THAT is what I want to show my teacher: That a story written for the story itself can STILL be interesting to take a closer look at.

Concerning the adolscents love for the fantasy genre she just doesn't trust me, I think, to make a proper analysis. I think she's afraid that I may just say "I like it because it's exciting" or "I like it because it has elves in it"... And IF I write a proper analysis without refertences to others' she'll prolly think I stole it somewhere...

I don't like my teacher, does it show?

But of course everyone is allowed their own opinions on litterature, as long as they don't tell me I don't understand litterature for having mine