Genre: JRR Tolkien

JASON XU

      Gandalf’s Departure       “’O good-bye and go away!’ grunted the dwarves, all the more angry because they were filled with dismay at losing him. Now began the most dangerous part of their journey.” Page 138, The Hobbit       Just as Bilbo thought that their journey couldn’t possibly get Read more…

SAMMY X

  The Source of Preservation   Throughout Tolkien’s entire life, he studied languages. When Tolkien was very young, he learned Latin and French, during middle school, he learned Spanish, Welsh, Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Norse, Finnish, Icelandic, and Greek. Tolkien learned to speak 35 different languages! His study of words gave him the capability to invent new Read more…

OSCAR S

The River of Life     “Bilbo used to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.”        Frodo, The Fellowship of the Ring       Bilbo Baggins had a very consistent way of life, but when Gandalf Read more…

JONATHAN J

The Conflict Between Fate and Freewill     Fate is a very unpredictable thing that can prove to be challenging or benefiting to a person, because there are times where the positive mountains come, and times when negative valleys will occur. Fate has a role for every single person. Some people have bigger roles than Read more…