Let me start by writing about my favourite topic...Books. I would like to begin by talking about my favourite book 'the Godfather' by Mario Puzo. Hey whats that...err..ok...the Godfather just called and he made me an offer I could not refuse. So sorry guys, I cant write anything about this book!!
Let me do something better than write about a book. I will write about two books!! Wow!! So here goes nothing...
The two books I am going to talk about were written 50 years apart but one cant help but notice that the similarities in their storylines as also in their charachters is just mind boggling. The books are, but ofcourse, 'Lord of the Rings ' by J R R Tolkein and 'Harry Potter' by J K Rowling.
Both the books are based on similar concepts wherein 'Little People', 'Hobbits' in LOTR and children in HP, save the world from an evil force.
The main hero in both the books, Frodo and Harry, are very normal 'every day Joe' types who rise to great heights mainly because of their own determination.
Just like in Hindi movies where the hero has a sidekick, so do Frodo and Harry. The friendship between Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin in LOTR is similar to what Harry, Ron and Hermoine have in HP.
And pray tell me what is the difference between Gandalf in LOTR and Dumbledore in HP. They are both father figures who inspire the hero to achieve his goal.
Which brings us to the evil forces in the books. Both Sauron and Voldemort are actually brilliant minds which have gone over to the 'Dark Side'. Just like the ten-headed deamon Ravana in Ramayana who actually did not have ten heads but had the intellectual capacity of ten people, both Voldemort and Sauron are great intellectuals who have turned evil.
So my question goes...why on middle earth did J K Rowling have to get so much inspiration from LOTR!! Well, I guess, since she was able to recreate LOTR's magic after 50 years and represent it in an endearing format called HP, we can all just say..Kudos to you JK Rowling, and to you too, J R R Tolkien!!
I have to go home now. So goodbye. Oh no, whats that, once again I have forgotten where i kept my broom....
9 comments:
Too long to read....must have been good...keep it up binny...next time put some pics in it so that i can read it...hehe
nice summarisation bro but pretty short. nxt tym point out the differences as well. or better still, nxt tym make mario puzo n offer he cant refuse, n get th ryts 2 do that review!
Its gud...tell you frankly...i was present for ur book review presentation so its already known...Poem is gud...do write something abt the places you visited like goa,himachal..
Very Nice poem...a bit long though...I can understand..u cant hear people sing the poem so you have kept it long so that you can atleast see it :-) keep it up.Guess Draz will completely agree with me.
Pray answer this question ... why did the super educated and super brilliant - Voldemort & Sauron - turn to evil? Let me drag in Darth Vader in as well to add spice - similar case na?
So are the books and movies advocating that if you r capable, competent and intelligent then sooner or later you shall be cast as EVIL by the society in which u exist?
brilliantly creative!
Aloha!! Alok very very good composition..Ur not only a MBA but also a poet! Bhout acha likha hai...
Thank god u answered godfather's prayers sadly frodo and harry couldn't whip their magic on you!
On a serious note interesting observation penned down interestingly..
hey Binni...
great blog...
and nicely written about the two geniuses of story telling. Though, sparing the similarities, I enjoyed both, they both really interesting.
Anyways.. someday do write about natraj ki yaadein... lol.. that will be surely a huge one...
hai na..:)
tc
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