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Did Tolkien’s experience in WWI have nothing to do with the battles and nature of conflicts in his Lord of the Rings novel?
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February 19th, 2020
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In all of the past occasions when I read something or watched something regarding Tolkien’s answer when asked about if his harrowing WWI experience losing close friends as having something to do with The Fellowship of the Ring and the battle between good and evil in his tales….his response was consistently…no, WWI had nothing to do with his stories.
Was there ever an interview or memoir written by him which indicated otherwise?
Also recently saw the movie “Tolkien” and the film portrayed without any doubt that the battles in the LOTR novel were borne out of real life war trauma.
Could this very well be the filmmakers merely exercising their rights to fictionalize some elements and events in his life or could it be based on an account by Tolkien attesting to the validity of their interpretation? Wondering which is which. Thanks.
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