Why do you think LOTR appeals to so many people? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Eruwen · 08-17-2002, 05:41 PM

I am actually in it to escape from the hideous world around me. The things I go through at school are tragic. And I go to a Christian school. It gets pretty bad. And once I read LOTR the first time, I was hooked.

This story has changed my perspective on life. I have learned to appreciate the beauty of nature around me. Yes, I still use the story to get my mind away from the world, but it has hepled me in much more than that. I actually want to read, and learn, and explore the history of ME. {And I hate history all together.}

If Tolkein was alive right now, I think I would have only one goal in life: to journey to whereever in this world he is, and tell him how much he has changed me.

08-17-2002, 05:41 PM	#14
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 892	I am actually in it to escape from the hideous world around me. The things I go through at school are tragic. And I go to a Christian school. It gets pretty bad. And once I read LOTR the first time, I was hooked. This story has changed my perspective on life. I have learned to appreciate the beauty of nature around me. Yes, I still use the story to get my mind away from the world, but it has hepled me in much more than that. I actually want to read, and learn, and explore the history of ME. {And I hate history all together.} If Tolkein was alive right now, I think I would have only one goal in life: to journey to whereever in this world he is, and tell him how much he has changed me.