Censorship on Lord Of The Rings

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 03 January 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, or known now as South Africa. People thought when Lord Of The Rings was first published it was going to be a children's book, so he started to make drawings to show the audience what he intended them to see(1). This story is about two young Hobbits (race similar to humans) that go on an adventure, or quest, to get the "One Ring" to a place called Mount Doom so that they could destroy the ring because of the powers that it contains. There were multiple reasons why this book was initially banned, one of the major reasons was because people saw the book as anti-religious and they had the books in many different libraries including schools(2). As the story unfolds, in the series, they figure out that the story reveals christian elements to it. I chose to write about this book because of the familiar paths that I have taken and felt the same way as Frodo. I am not saying that I'm in the same realm as Frodo, but just experienced what he has felt.

(1)  Blography.com
(2)  World.edu