"C.S. Lewis did not fight on the front lines in World War II, but he did serve in the British Home Guard during the war, which was a civilian auxiliary force that patrolled important areas in Britain, essentially performing local defense duties around Oxford where he lived; he was considered too old for active combat at that time."
Tolkien's world-building is legendary. I only started smoking the Hobbit's leaf because Gandalf made me do it. I also looked it up when you started talking about Tolkien/Lewis' bromance, and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe has also been banned for being "anti-Christian", which I thought was hilarious.
Bans The Hobbit. Reason: Encouraged approaching of bears, Necromancy, plus described Dragon Under-parts. (Nordic myth used that term for under-belly. It doesn't reference dragon genitals.) Those "church" people were doing Sauron's Work!
Sauron has spies everywhere!! I cannot imagine reading The Hobbit and then approaching a bear. Sometimes the challengers assume readers take everything literally. Thanks for watching! 🐉
@@Ms-Peepers-Reading-Corner Another reason they might try to ban The Hobbit: It "encouraged" cheating cause that's how Bilbo survived his encounter with Gollum. That and bad table manners, due to the rowdy behavior of the Dwarves in the first chapter even though they didn't do what they were singing about. It's tire- some seeing books banned for no reason, especially when its something you happen to like. Sauron's spies in-deed!
That’s so true!! Moral grayness shows up in so many books because it’s part of life. Being able to make good decisions in less than ideal circumstances is an important skill. If Bilbo hadn’t “cheated,” he would have died in that cave! And the dwarves represent a culture different from hobbits - not wrong, just different. Tolkien brings us such a rich world, it’s a shame to ban it because the characters don’t fit someone’s definition of perfect behavior.
@@Ms-Peepers-Reading-Corner Yeah, while I'm just joking (I have no doubt somebody had banned The Hobbit though.) it is at times frustrating when people complain about such things and doubly so, when people criticize LORT for not having enough Moral gray characters. I actually read a statement from Philip Pullman that he claimed that there was "Nothing Psychological about Lord of the Rings" and I'm like What!? Like that totally ignores what Boromir went through his bids to seize the ring and latching out at Frodo, and that whole inner struggle with Smeagol! We even see those flaws with the MC when he ultimately fails to let go of the Ring and his own personal 'yet much smaller issue' with Farmer Maggot who himself is a Morally gray character. I would even make the same arguments with Harry Potter in how we're seeing in-perfect realistic teenagers who are flawed regard- less of themselves being magical. Just cause something isn't a given a overt adult edge like Game of Thrones doesn't mean a series isn't without moral complexity. Personally I want to like Game of Thrones...but the sleazy bits tend to take me out of the story! (I can only imagine how the people who banned Tolkien would react to George RR Martin.)
@@YamiSpyroX LOL, I totally believed you! 🤣 I’ve read so many banning stories that yours fit right in. And genre fiction is often dismissed as “not literature,” though it’s bonkers to hear it from another fantasy author!
"C.S. Lewis did not fight on the front lines in World War II, but he did serve in the British Home Guard during the war, which was a civilian auxiliary force that patrolled important areas in Britain, essentially performing local defense duties around Oxford where he lived; he was considered too old for active combat at that time."
Interesting - thanks for sharing!
Banning Books = One sign of Evil.
One once wrote: "Where they burn books, they soon will burn humans too" -- this came true in the 1930s in Germany.
Tolkien's world-building is legendary. I only started smoking the Hobbit's leaf because Gandalf made me do it.
I also looked it up when you started talking about Tolkien/Lewis' bromance, and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe has also been banned for being "anti-Christian", which I thought was hilarious.
Haha! I can’t blame anyone for wanting to be like Gandalf. 🧙♂️ book challenge reasons are fascinating to me (clearly!).
Bans The Hobbit. Reason: Encouraged approaching of bears, Necromancy, plus described Dragon Under-parts.
(Nordic myth used that term for under-belly. It doesn't reference dragon genitals.) Those "church" people were doing Sauron's Work!
Sauron has spies everywhere!! I cannot imagine reading The Hobbit and then approaching a bear. Sometimes the challengers assume readers take everything literally. Thanks for watching! 🐉
@@Ms-Peepers-Reading-Corner Another
reason they might try to ban The Hobbit:
It "encouraged" cheating cause that's
how Bilbo survived his encounter with
Gollum. That and bad table manners, due
to the rowdy behavior of the Dwarves in
the first chapter even though they didn't
do what they were singing about. It's tire-
some seeing books banned for no reason,
especially when its something you happen
to like. Sauron's spies in-deed!
That’s so true!! Moral grayness shows up in so many books because it’s part of life. Being able to make good decisions in less than ideal circumstances is an important skill. If Bilbo hadn’t “cheated,” he would have died in that cave! And the dwarves represent a culture different from hobbits - not wrong, just different. Tolkien brings us such a rich world, it’s a shame to ban it because the characters don’t fit someone’s definition of perfect behavior.
@@Ms-Peepers-Reading-Corner Yeah,
while I'm just joking (I have no doubt
somebody had banned The Hobbit
though.) it is at times frustrating when
people complain about such things
and doubly so, when people criticize
LORT for not having enough Moral gray
characters. I actually read a statement
from Philip Pullman that he claimed that
there was "Nothing Psychological about
Lord of the Rings" and I'm like What!?
Like that totally ignores what Boromir
went through his bids to seize the ring
and latching out at Frodo, and that
whole inner struggle with Smeagol! We
even see those flaws with the MC when
he ultimately fails to let go of the Ring
and his own personal 'yet much smaller
issue' with Farmer Maggot who himself
is a Morally gray character. I would even
make the same arguments with Harry Potter in how we're seeing in-perfect
realistic teenagers who are flawed regard-
less of themselves being magical. Just
cause something isn't a given a overt
adult edge like Game of Thrones doesn't
mean a series isn't without moral
complexity. Personally I want to like Game
of Thrones...but the sleazy bits tend
to take me out of the story! (I can only
imagine how the people who banned
Tolkien would react to George RR Martin.)
@@YamiSpyroX LOL, I totally believed you! 🤣 I’ve read so many banning stories that yours fit right in. And genre fiction is often dismissed as “not literature,” though it’s bonkers to hear it from another fantasy author!
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Philology, not linguistics. World War 1, not 2.
Thanks for watching!