Summary of John Garth's Tolkien and the Great War

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#1 Tolkien had a very different childhood from what he would have had if he had been a healthier child. He was born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, one of the two Boer republics that had won independence from British rule in South Africa. His father died from rheumatic fever in 1896, and his mother took the boys back to England.

#2 Tolkien had a flair for calligraphy, which he had inherited from his mother. He learned to read by the age of four, and began to absorb the children’s books that were popular at the time. He especially yearned for tales of dragons.

#3 Tolkien had a keen sensitivity towards the sounds of different languages, and he enjoyed reading and reciting them. He showed unusual linguistic propensities, and he was drawn to the fluidity of Greek punctuated by hardness.

#4 Tolkien’s interest in philology, the study of language, was sparked at school. He invented languages and spent his spare time studying them. He was effusive about philology, and he rarely discussed his private lang. with anyone else.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822524408

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#1

Tolkien had a very different childhood from what he would have had if he had been a healthier child. He was born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, one of the two Boer republics that had won independence from British rule in South Africa. His father died from rheumatic fever in 1896, and his mother took the boys back to England.

#2

Tolkien had a flair for calligraphy, which he had inherited from his mother. He learned to read by the age of four, and began to absorb the children’s books that were popular at the time. He especially yearned for tales of dragons.

#3

Tolkien had a keen sensitivity towards the sounds of different languages, and he enjoyed reading and reciting them. He showed unusual linguistic propensities, and he was drawn to the fluidity of Greek punctuated by hardness.

#4

Tolkien’s interest in philology, the study of language, was sparked at school. He invented languages and spent his spare time studying them. He was effusive about philology, and he rarely discussed his private lang. with anyone else.

#5

The TCBS, though they did not intend to stand out from the other boys at King Edward’s School, actually built barriers between themselves and the others. They had many interests and talents, and they rarely felt the need to draw anyone else into their circle.

#6

The author J. B. Priestley saw such wordplay as a sign of shallowness and self-indulgence in the ruling class. However, the TCBS, which was made up of middle-class boys, was parodying the traditional social hierarchy.

#7

The sports field was an arena for feigned combat. In the books most boys read, war was sport continued by