JRR Tolkien Research Paper As many grew up during this generation, they were dazzled by the work of JRR Tolkien and the artistic interpretation of this trilogy through Peter Jackson. This movement began when Tolkien created The Hobbit and then the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. However, there are those who have criticized both the books and the films as sexist and/or racist. Tolkien is not a sexist because he develops his female characters by revealing their individualism and dynamic characteristics, and he is not even a racist because much of the criticism comes from Peter Jackson's interpretations and because racism is viewed more harshly in this generation than in past. in the 1940s. For one thing, Tolkien is not a sexist because he illustrates his female characters as growing individualists. Three of the most important female characters are Eowyn, Galadriel and Arwen from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Once Eowyn is hit on the back by Aragorn's rejection, “she must seek healing” (Enright 93). As Eowyn is forced out of a company, she must learn to become an individual to succeed. The power of leadership is a recurring theme throughout the Lord of the Rings stories and “Galadriel is the embodiment of this power stronger than her husband Celeborn” (Enright 93). In this time period, this is considered a rarity, but in the time Tolkien wrote it, it must have been an absolute outrage that a female character could be more dominant than the male king of a society since women didn't do that. they have a lot of power or choice. With the third character, Arwen, she manages to overcome the separation between herself and... the paper medium... dualistic and develops them fully in her books, and he is not racist because he did not create films that are also harshly criticized and the racism we think about today is viewed more harshly in this generation than in Tolkien's. As David Ibata himself said, "I think the issue isn't whether Tolkien or Jackson intended to offend... they didn't." Works Cited Enright, Nancy. “Tolkien's women and determining power.” Renascence: Essays on value in Literature 59.2 (2007): 93. Literary resources from Gale Web. February 24, 2010.Hatcher, Melissa. McCrory. “Mithlore.” Literary Resource Center. Spring – Summer 2007. Page 43. Print. Ibata, David. “Lord of racism”. Chicago Tribune. January 12, 2003, Arts & Entertainment: 11. Print.Tolkien, JRR The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. Print.