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Tolkien's scarring experiences in [[World War I]] and his distaste for destructive industrialism - seen in the books in his characterization of [[Saruman]]'s armies - has been an influence on his works, as acknowledged by himself.<ref>"An author cannot, of course, remain wholly unaffected by his experience [...] One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression; but as the years go by it seems now often forgotten that to be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than to be involved in 1939 and the following years. [...] It has indeed some basis in experience, though slender (for the economic situation was entirely different), and much further back. The country in which I lived in childhood was being shabbily destroyed before I was ten, in days when motor-cars were rare objects (I had never seen one) and men were still building suburban railways. Recently I saw in a paper a picture of the last decrepitude of the once thriving corn-mill beside its pool that long ago seemed to me so important.", J. R. R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings'', Foreword</ref><ref>John Garth, "Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle Earth," available at [https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Great-War-Threshold-Middle-earth/dp/0618331298 Amazon.com].</ref> However, Tolkien did state that "The Lord of the Rings is, of course, a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision[]"—which indicates his devoted faith.<ref>[https://www.grin.com/document/22410]</ref>

Tolkien's scarring experiences in [[World War I]] and his distaste for destructive industrialism - seen in the books in his characterization of [[Saruman]]'s armies - has been an influence on his works, as acknowledged by himself.<ref>"An author cannot, of course, remain wholly unaffected by his experience [...] One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression; but as the years go by it seems now often forgotten that to be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than to be involved in 1939 and the following years. [...] It has indeed some basis in experience, though slender (for the economic situation was entirely different), and much further back. The country in which I lived in childhood was being shabbily destroyed before I was ten, in days when motor-cars were rare objects (I had never seen one) and men were still building suburban railways. Recently I saw in a paper a picture of the last decrepitude of the once thriving corn-mill beside its pool that long ago seemed to me so important.", J. R. R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings'', Foreword</ref><ref>John Garth, "Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle Earth," available at [https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Great-War-Threshold-Middle-earth/dp/0618331298 Amazon.com].</ref> However, Tolkien did state that "The Lord of the Rings is, of course, a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision[]"—which indicates his devoted faith.<ref>[https://www.grin.com/document/22410]</ref>

Many have criticised Tolkien's adaptation of Eowyn in the third book: ''The Return of The King''. The fact that she is feautered in combat is generally considered to be an anti-conservative. The fact that the military should be reserved for men has also been endorsed by vice-president Mike Pence. Due to this, Swedish translator Åke Ohlmark later edited the chapter: ''The Battle of Pelennor Fields'' so that Merry Brandybuck was the one who killed the which-king, rather than Eowyn. Åhlmark said that the edit was closer to Tolkiens original vision and claimed that Tolkien might have intended it to be Merry who milled the which king all along. The original text: 'Then tottering, struggling up, with her last strength she drove her sword between crown and mantle, as the great shoulders bowed before her.' is believed to be a typo where Tolkien intended to have ''him'' instead of ''her''. This was corrected by Åhlmark in the Swedish translation of the book.

Many have criticised Tolkien's adaptation of Eowyn in the third book: ''The Return of The King''. The fact that she is feautered in combat is generally considered to be anti-conservative. The fact that the military should be reserved for men has also been endorsed by vice-president Mike Pence. Due to this, Swedish translator Åke Ohlmark later edited the chapter: ''The Battle of Pelennor Fields'' so that Merry Brandybuck was the one who killed the which-king, rather than Eowyn. Åhlmark said that the edit was closer to Tolkiens original vision and claimed that Tolkien might have intended it to be Merry who milled the which king all along. The original text: 'Then tottering, struggling up, with her last strength she drove her sword between crown and mantle, as the great shoulders bowed before her.' is believed to be a typo where Tolkien intended to have ''him'' instead of ''her''. This was corrected by Åhlmark in the Swedish translation of the book.

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