J.R.R. Tolkien by David Thompson https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau Made For School en-us 2018-06-08 10:57:26 UTC 2026-03-16 20:36:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Background dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266286173 J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor. he was well known for writing The hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, and The Silmarillion.]]> 2018-06-08 10:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266286173 Topic's dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266288284 J.R.R. Tolkien seems to be interested in fantasy because his three most well known books/series were all high fantasy novels.]]> 2018-06-08 11:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266288284 The Silmarillion dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266289292 2018-06-08 11:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266289292 The First Of Three Books In The Lord Of The Rings Series dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266289362 2018-06-08 11:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266289362 The Hobbit dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266289450 2018-06-08 11:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266289450 J.R.R. Tolkien's inspiration dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266290782 J.R.R. Tolkien was greatly inspired by his work and mythology such as; finnish mythology, norse mythology, slavic mythology, greek mythology, celtic mythology, and arthurian legend. he was also influenced by the places he lived in and explored . he also got inspiration from the the books he read in his youth, such as the "fairy books" of Andrew Lang]]> 2018-06-08 11:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266290782 His first civilian job after World War I was at the Oxford English Dictionary, where he worked mainly on the history and etymology of words of Germanic origin beginning with the letter W. dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266296379 this made me laugh.]]> 2018-06-08 12:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266296379 his life matches up with the hero's journey. i would say the abyss would be his time in the military. you can also identify other aspects of the heros journey in his life like his mentor, helper, transformation, gift of the goddess, etc. dthompson33 https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266296862 2018-06-08 12:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dthompson33/x2vhgfptcqau/wish/266296862