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Comparing The Hobbit And The Silver Chair

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The title of the Essay should be the Silver Hobbit
Use my intro, but please switch the arguments around so it's 1- England, 2-child forward writing, 3-religious influence. Then I have the beginnings of my three arguments, so just build off/expand them, and write thhe conclusion please. I also have a list of secondary sources for you to use, along with the two novels.
For the argument paragraphs, please be sure to follow the following structure: topic sentence/thesis, point, proof, analysis, point, proof, analysis, point, proof, analysis, conclusion sentance.
Intro:
World War 2 was the bloodiest event in human history. The children, parents, grandparents, and widows were in desperate need for an escape from the tragedies of global and political turmoil, and to remember the whimsy, comedy, magic, religion, and imagination that can still be found in the world. It was from this need that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien brought forth The Silver Chair and The Hobbit to relieve the struggles of everyone before, during, and after the war. It does not come as a surprise that both friends Lewis and Tolkien took similar approaches in their rather new-age, child-forward style of writing for the time, both choosing fairytales to portray their intended messages to society rather than the more serious adult novels. It is also no shock that there are strong religious connections within both novels, as not only is Tolkien largely responsible for converting Lewis to Christianity, but both authors needed to please the largely Christian audience through often referencing many religious characters, fables, and relics. Not only did Lewis and Tolkien connect to their audience through their use of more light-hearted and childish writing styles and their numerous references to Christian elements, but they also set both novels in lands similar to, or in the case of The Silver Chair being quite literally, England, because the people of England were their main audience.
Argument 1:
It is evident in both novels that the two core settings are based off of England. Quote. In C.S. Lewis’ novel The Silver Chair, the central characters reside in England, and are transported through magic from England to Narnia. Quote book. This is a rather strategic ploy on the part of C.S. Lewis to encourage his audience to personally relate to the central characters, as they too are regular earthly humans. Quote. In the novel, Narnia is described with great detail, bearing a striking resemblance to historic periods in England quote book. By doing this, Lewis furthers the connection the reader has with the world of Narnia because of its similarities to the real world. Tolkien also uses this technique, by drawing parallels between the different societies in The Hobbit and the present human societal functions of England. Quote book.
Argument 2:
Due to the desperate global, socioeconomic, and political state at the time both The Silver Chair and The Hobbit were written, authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien have taken a more child-friendly approach, both to cater to the innocent minds of the children in need of distraction from the troubled world, and to deliver their intended message to their audience without it being as intense as the adult novels of the time. This occurrence in The Silver Chair has been noted by C.N. Manlove in his analysis C.S. Lewis: His Literary Achievements: “Certainly, appearing as they did when the vogue for the works of Enid Blyton was still at a peak among British children, the Narnia books came as a welcome relief for parents, librarians and educationalists who had long looked for contemporary works of literature for children which would not pander to the ‘baser literary instincts’....” (83). Through this work, Manlove has confirmed the common belief amongst scholars that Lewis’ intent with the novel was to provide his audience with easy reading material that still contained the necessary messages for an entertaining child and adult novel. Both novels are written in a very similar way stylistically quote books
Argument 3:
Both Lewis and Tolkien have been heavily influenced by religion in the writing of their novels The Silver Chair and The Hobbit, especially by Christianity. There are many references to religious texts, ideas, and physical objects throughout both novels, which play critical roles in displaying the significance of many important details within them.
religious points:
Stone words=moses stones (silver chair)
Arkenstone=holy grail (hobbit)
Aslan/Gandalf=god (both)
Citations (must use these, and if need be add more, must be credible):
Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia: the Silver Chair. Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 2002.
Manlove, C. N. C.S. Lewis: His Literary Achievement. Winged Lion Press, 2010.
Niedbala, Amanda M. “From Hades to Heaven: Greek Mythological Influences in C. S. Lewis's The Silver Chair.” SWOSU Digital Commons, dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol24/iss3/5/.
Stevens, David, et al. J.R.R. Tolkien--the Art of the Myth-Maker. R. Reginald, 1993.

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Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Silver Hobbit The Second World War was the bloodiest conflict in human history, contributing to tens of millions of fatalities. Everyone, including parents and their children, widows, and the elderly, were in desperate need to escape from the tragedies of global and political turmoil, and to remember the whimsy, comedy, magic, religion, and imagination that can still be found in the world.  It was from this need that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien brought forth The Silver Chair and The Hobbit to relieve the struggles of everyone before, during, and after the war. Notably, both Lewis and Tolkien set their novels in lands similar to, or in the case of The Silver Chair being quite literally, England, because the people of England were their main audience. It does not come as a surprise that both friends Lewis and Tolkien took similar approaches in their rather new-age, child-forward style of writing for the time, both choosing fairy tales to portray their intended messages to society rather than the more serious adult novels. Further, there are strong religious connections within both novels, as not only is Tolkien largely responsible for converting Lewis to Christianity, but both authors needed to please the largely Christian audience through often referencing many religious characters, fables, and relics. It is evident in both novels that the two core settings are based off of England. In C.S. Lewis’ novel The Silver Chair, the central characters reside in England, and are transported through magic from England to Narnia. Lewis describes this magic transportation of characters from England to Narnia when he says that “before she quite knew what was happening, he had grabbed her hand and pulled her through the door, out of the school grounds, out of England, out of our whole world into That Place” (10-11). This is a rather strategic ploy on the part of C.S. Lewis to encourage his audience to personally relate to the central characters, as they too are regular earthly humans. In the novel, Narnia is described with great detail, bearing a striking resemblance to historic periods in England. For instance, the royal family travelling with “many squires and ladies with them”… wearing “garlands of fresh leaves on their heads and horns at their sides” bears a resemblance with the historic periods in England (Lewis 41). By doing this, Lewis furthers the connection the reader has with the world of Narnia because of its similarities to the real world. Tolkien also uses this technique, by drawing parallels between the different societies in The Hobbit and the present human societal functions of England. For instance, the description of the house belonging to Baggins’, a hobbit, that had “bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to clothes), kitchens, dining-rooms, all were on the same floor, and indeed on the same passage” (Tolkien 1). This description resonates with the audience by providing familiar settings in a strange fictional place. Lewis and Tolkien set both novels on familiar lands, either similar to England in The Hobbit, or the actual England in the case of The Silver Chair, to capture the attention and the connect wit...
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