A Social Commentary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings I will admit, I am the type of person who will see a movie before I will have read the book. Hollywood finds most of their juicy stories from classic novels; just recently “The Count of Monte Cristo” was in the theaters, and numerous classics have been reproduced as “pop culture” versions to attract a bigger audience. But I must admit that …showed first 75 words of 1130 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1130 total…Freudian interpretation.”(http://www.baptiststandard.com/2001/12_17/pages/rings.html) Now I would simply have to say that meaning of an important work of literature confuses some people, much as religious fundamentalist might misinterpret the Bible or the Quarin. That is not the case that their own ideas should negate or contradict the author’s own message. The authenticity of this story lies with only Tolkien and the only authority over this epic belongs to him.