An Appeal to Fantasy Fiction

Childhood is the possibly the most magical and beloved phase of our existence. When you're a young little person, you discover the world in the most innovative and fun ways, and our experiences then preface the future. Our premature  years lay the foundation for our interests, character, and identities. So in many ways, childhood is a very good era to access when confronted with astounding surprises, queasy predicaments, or simply to make choices we are having difficulties with. That is why when confronted with a list of over 30 possible books to read and little appeal to any, I played the magic card of infancy. 

I still remember watching th every first Harry Potter film back in 2001 when I was 6. That was the day that marked my core with a love unlike no other. A connection to fantasy fiction. Today it definitely seems geeky and lame to be in love with such a genre, but when you're half the height you are as a teenager and care nothing about the image you present to others, nothing is better than flying away from home and down the block with a broom held beneath your crotch and a stray tree-limb for a wand (let's not forget the fashionable wizard robe).

Wizards, magic, elves, trolls, dragons, giant spiders, ghosts... I had subconsciously created a chimeric universe around me. So I generated and evolved my intrigue towards the fantasy field. During the rest of my elementary and junior high years, about 70% of my reading involved fantasy fiction. Of course when I entered high school, my repertoire had to focus on new genres. Up until now, when I was handed a list of books for me to read separate from our current class book, and the only book that appeals is J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.


"Fantasy novel that is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Just where did Bilbo get that ring from anyway?"


A lot of words stood out for me in the provided synopsis.


FANTASY 


PREQUEL


THE LORD OF THE RINGS

I think yes. So in the next 5 days, as the assigned project for the novel, I will document my experience, thoughts, and reflections on the novel. 

"It's a dangerous business going outside your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might be swept off to."

- Bilbo Baggins