Why is it that the movie "Lord of the Rings" obviously has a happy ending, but at the end it makes me feel a little sad? Where did the protagonist Frodo, the hobbit, go by boat?
I believe that many friends who have watched the "Lord of the Rings" movie have this question.
Tolkien was born in South Africa. When he was 4 years old, his father died and his family moved back to England. In 1915, at the age of 23, Tolkien graduated from Oxford University.
January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973
On June 4, 1916, Tolkien went to the French front with the British army. On July 14, Tolkien witnessed war for the first time on the front lines.
The Somme War completely shocked Tolkien, who had been charging on the front line for more than three months. What he witnessed was only darkness and death, and what was more terrifying than darkness and death was that this kind of death was meaningless and despairing.
html In November, Tolkien suffered from trench fever and was sent back to England by ship. But the scars caused by the war on him are permanent, just like Frodo in the story. Although the Dark Lord was eliminated, the damage he suffered still exists, and he had to stay away from Middle-earth and go to Valinor (the residence of the gods in the story) to heal the scars.
When Tolkien was correcting a certificate examination paper in school, he wrote on a piece of white paper:
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
From then on, the story of Middle-earth began to build up little by little.
In the interaction and questioning of the children, the story caused by a hobbit became increasingly full: the world said to be Middle-earth, there are many The vast grasslands, endless mountains, primitive and dense forests, winding hills, and quiet and peaceful villages; magnificent scenes, ancient legends, and affectionate poems, ancient, remote, lively and full of spirituality, but also deep and sad.
He created the beautiful "elves" race in the story, which will become a classic element in countless games and novels in the future. Elves are the "firstborn children" of the Creator, beautiful, wise and immortal.
Although elves are noble and elegant, humans are the only race among many creations that have free will and can freely choose their way of life - this is the source of many of their weaknesses, but it is also their most proud talent.
In other words: the elves will eventually perish, and humans will eventually win.
At the end of the story, the arrival of human history heralds the demise of divinity, so the ending of the movie is handled in a way that makes people feel slightly sad.
In addition to the elves, Tolkien describes another race, the dwarves, who are stubborn, tough, and good at mining, but eventually become addicted to those gems. This is also an irony of human society; as for the humans in the story, they are most easily corrupted by power and fall into darkness.
The most beautiful race in Tolkien's ideal is the Hobbit, who is only about half as tall as ordinary humans and shorter than the dwarfs. They live in a paradise called "shire". They are gentle and kind-hearted. They don't like complicated things, but they are good at simple handicrafts. They love good food and eat six meals a day. They are very hospitable and like to give each other gifts and hold banquets. You can take the trouble to introduce the history of your family, or you can spend an entire day talking about tobacco.
But in the face of danger, can burst out with amazing courage and wisdom , and even save the world. They are the true representatives of the noble qualities of mankind.
The story of "The Lord of the Rings" also emphasizes that in the face of the invasion of darkness, the prejudices between different civilizations were finally eliminated, and the various races finally achieved unity.
In the 20th century, magic novels and science fiction novels developed rapidly as fantasy literature. If science fiction directly discusses the impact of technology on human civilization, then fantasy fiction reflects on the post-industrial era in another way.
Myths, magic, witchcraft, and what were once "human childhood fantasies" have been replaced by profound "cultural capital" that can be shared across cultures today, and have become an effective and effective channel for reflection on human civilization.
Today, Tolkien is still guiding readers into a magical time and space that is very different from a mechanized, standardized and bland real world, leading readers to discover an alternative reality outside of this scientific and rigid world that is different from the analytical scientific cognitive model, pointing out hope for eternal good to tired modern people who lack firm faith, and reconstructing a beautiful spiritual watch for the disorderly and chaotic postmodern society.
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