Since I started only recently to catch up on reading classics (I am within the pages of The Hobbit, thanks to Petrufied), all that I know and appreciate about Lord of the Rings is based on Peter Jackson's work of art. Hence, I was totally clueless about certain dates having significance in the story that gave a whole new meaning to the word "precious"-- dates such as March 25. Reading "It's no coincidence that the ring is destroyed on March 25" on Lunch Break felt like how it used to be when I discovered yet a new piece of trivia about, oh say, one of Duran Duran's members (circa 1980s), or when I watched Witness to Hope for the first time -- a documentary about John Paul II, based on the book by George Weigel -- (around the late 1990s), or after I read articles explaining the meanings of certain scenes and symbols in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (post-2000) -- obviously each on a different level. But a deeper appreciation can be had when one learns something new. And this is what happened to me a while ago.
Frodo and Sam's journey to Mordor may have been thrilling on the big screen, but Tolkien's deep understanding of the story of salvation has made it more than a literary masterpiece.
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3 comments:
Wow! The One Ring was destroyed on March 25 and yeah, it is not a coincidence. It is also the day when we celebrate Jesus Christ's coming into this world, which spelled the destruction of the devil's hold on the world.
What a thrill it is to know that Tolkien even included this detail in his work 'no?!
Yeah. Tolkien really poured all his knowledge and effort in this book of his.
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