The Silmarillion: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

“Not all those who wander are lost” (J.R.R Tolkien). Tolkien lived an interesting life. He fought in World War I on the western front. This is where he got many of his ideas for writing. After World War I ended, literature and writings were influenced greatly through experiences in the war. A big new invention that came about in this time was the assembly line. This was so important because Americans were able to afford cars. Production was off the charts during this time period because everyone had the money to consume products. Between 1900-1920 the economy was magnificent, everybody was making money. However, 1929, the stock market crashed. Many were left homeless with no food and eventually died of starvation. The president at …show more content…
Many are still well known and read to this day. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is about Sir Gawain chopping the green knights head off, but the green knight does die. Instead, he picks up his head and tell Sir Gawain to meet him at the green chapel in a year and a day (Doughan 2017). Farmer Giles of Ham is about the encounter between Giles and a wild dragon. The story was set in Britain (Doughan 2017). The Silmarillion is the history of the exiled elves versus the enemy. It takes place in the north-west of the world (Doughan 2017). The War Of the Jewels is the second part of The Silmarillion. The story continues with the conflicts of the elves and the endemy (Doughan 2017). Roverandom is about the adventure of a dog. A wizard turns the dog into a toy and the dog must find the wizard in order to get turned back into a normal sized dog. The dog travels to the moon and under the seas to find the wizard (Doughan 2017). One of Tolkien's biggest accomplishments in writing is the Lord of the Ring …show more content…
Tolkien's writing have been produced through movies that have been very popular to this day. Amazon is now going to be showing “The Lord of the Rings” for a television show (Koblin 2017). It is supposed to be similar the show “Game of Thrones” which is one of the biggest shows in the world at the moment. The creator of “Game of Thrones”, George R.R. Martin, says Tolkien was a big inspiration to his series (Koblin 2017). The reason Tolkien was able to impact so many is because so many can relate to the way he writes and creates emotion. Tolkien also influenced the music culture. Artist would take poems from his writings and put them into songs (Koblin 2017). His writings have also influenced video games, a lot of the fantasy video games today are based off of Tolkien's writings (Koblin 2017). Tolkien has impacted a lot of different cultures such as: music, fantasy, and pop