J.R.R. Tolkien was just awesome. so i thought i would share a few AWESOME things about him.:)
1.) At age 16, Tolkien fell in love with Edith Bratt, three years his senior. His guardian, a Catholic priest, was horrified that his ward was seeing a Protestant and ordered the boy to have no contact with Edith until he turned 21. Tolkien obeyed, pining after Edith for years until that fateful birthday, when he met with her under a railroad viaduct. She broke off her engagement to another man, converted to Catholicism, and the two were married for the rest of their lives. At Tolkien's instructions, their shared gravestone has the names "Beren" and "Luthien" engraved on it, a reference to a famous pair of star-crossed lovers from the fictional world he created.
(My face when i read that)
They know whats up.
Those lucky kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ps. yes... i am getting a little carried away with the meme faces but shut up.)
4. When Tolkien was only four years old, his father passed away. He moved
to England, where his mother died four years later. He was raised by a
Spanish--Welsh Franciscan priest named Pio Nono, and by his early teens
Tolkien had already mastered Latin, Greek, Gothic and Finnish languages.
He created his own language at that time and started a club called the
Tea Club Barrovian Society, or T.C.B.S., with friends and ran it until
1916, when he married longtime love, Edith Bratt.
Told you the guy was brilliant.
5. He Thought his friend C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia was silly and immature.
HAHAHAHAHA that was sad XD.
6. Converted Lewis back to Christianity.
Seriously was not expecting that.. Wow.
7. Was a skilled artist--his own drawings were published in The Hobbit, and his calligraphy was always elegant and adorned.
asdfghjkl!!!!!!!!
8. In 2003, 25th March was announced as Tolkien Reading Day in schools.
Why wasn't i informed about this?! We should start doing this at school!
As you can see i'm a huge nerd when it comes to this kind of crap and i get really into my work....But i never really got into starwars.. go figure.
