Tolkien and what inspired him to write many fantasy stories

J. R. R. Tolkien was born in 1892 and died in 1973 however he was an English writer, poet, philologist and university professor. He is most commonly known for writing fantasy stories such as ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord Of The Rings’. But what made him write all these fantasy stories in the first place?

There are many themes within ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ which are war, death, community, courage, addiction, power and temptation, death, friendship, nature versus technology etc. One of my interpretations of Tolkien writing ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ was to highlight his love for nature as, the villains in the story are often described as mechanical and some locations industrial such as ‘Mordor’. Also you can see that within ‘The Lord Of Rings’ most of the peaceful and friendly places are very natural such as ‘The Shire’ which is a nature location.

However I believe that multi-culture had a massive influence on Tolkien and writing ‘The Lord Of The Rings’. In World War 1 and 2 I believe a lot of people from different countries and cultures came together to fight against the Nazi’s and Germany. Therefore, I believe that this is why in ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ different cultures and species (human’s, elves, dwarfs, wizards etc.) come together to fight against the evil (orcs).

Tolkien probably experienced a lot of poverty in his life especially during times of war. Therefore he could have probably experienced a lot of depression throughout his life. Therefore, I believe he created fantasy worlds through stories in which he was able to escape the harshness and cruelty of reality and could enter a fantasy world he created.