The Hobbit Should Be Banned Essay
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Throughout recorded human history, some people have written books and others have, sometimes, decided on disliking certain books. Once someone is against a book to the point where it offends them on one level or another, this is where challenges or bans against a book arise. More times than not, a book is banned/ challenged due to religious or spiritual reasons. This is exactly the case of the only reported challenge on The Lord of the Rings, the 40th most commonly challenged classic book on the ALA Banned and Challenged Classics list, written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Although the reasoning behind reported challenges against The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, another famous work of literature by Tolkien …show more content…
There are borrowed bits and pieces of Norse and Pagan myth in the Lord of the Rings, but these are used to add great effect in reinforcing the same basic morals that Christianity teaches: good always triumphs and hope endures [source 8]. When there is talk of magic that isn't granted or influenced by God or the Gospel, it could offend religious people, the challengers. So when the Christ Community Church of Alamogordo, New Mexico had their opportunity to publically denounce the work of Tolkien and other similar books, they had a book …show more content…
However, this isn’t much of an issue for some priests according to Katherine Kimbriel in “An Accidental Burning,” an article on The Book View Cafe. She spoke to a friend of hers who is a catholic priest and he stated these books aren’t a problem to him because many children tell him the books are make-believe and just for fun. Also, he acknowledges that the children can take away great moral lessons from some of the messages in The Lord of the Rings [Book View
Throughout recorded human history, some people have written books and others have, sometimes, decided on disliking certain books. Once someone is against a book to the point where it offends them on one level or another, this is where challenges or bans against a book arise. More times than not, a book is banned/ challenged due to religious or spiritual reasons. This is exactly the case of the only reported challenge on The Lord of the Rings, the 40th most commonly challenged classic book on the ALA Banned and Challenged Classics list, written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Although the reasoning behind reported challenges against The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, another famous work of literature by Tolkien …show more content…
There are borrowed bits and pieces of Norse and Pagan myth in the Lord of the Rings, but these are used to add great effect in reinforcing the same basic morals that Christianity teaches: good always triumphs and hope endures [source 8]. When there is talk of magic that isn't granted or influenced by God or the Gospel, it could offend religious people, the challengers. So when the Christ Community Church of Alamogordo, New Mexico had their opportunity to publically denounce the work of Tolkien and other similar books, they had a book …show more content…
However, this isn’t much of an issue for some priests according to Katherine Kimbriel in “An Accidental Burning,” an article on The Book View Cafe. She spoke to a friend of hers who is a catholic priest and he stated these books aren’t a problem to him because many children tell him the books are make-believe and just for fun. Also, he acknowledges that the children can take away great moral lessons from some of the messages in The Lord of the Rings [Book View