Wednesday, August 06, 2003

GREAT ESSAY ON LOTR, HP, & SW!!

I've "found" (through TheOneRing.net, actually) an insightful essay on the nostalgic yet progressive appeal of wizards, hobbits, and Jedi knights, as the author puts it. It's a great literature, cultural, historical n political analysis on three sci-fi/fantasy books/movies, namely The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. It's a LONG LONG essay, and it took me around 15 minutes to finish reading it. Also, it contains some spoilers for those who have yet to read the 3rd part of The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King. A final word. Some of u might be... erm... offended (?) by wat it said about Star Wars n Harry Potter, but the analysis on LoTR is among the finest and most insightful I've ever read... I've never realized how much real happenings in the world have influence Tolkien's writing! Ok, enuf said. Brace urself!!!

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