J. R. Tolkien's Hobbit Holes

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In a hole in the ground there lived a man. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smells, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and in this hobbit hole lived J.R.R Tolkien.
Tolkien was born on January 3rd, 1892 and raised in Bloemfontein, South Africa to Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield Tolkien; he died on September 2nd, 1973 in Bournemouth England at the age of 81. Living in Africa, one is bound to come across a deadly and exotic creature, Tolkien was bitten by a baboon spider (Pterinochillus murinus), although not venomous enough to kill, but significant enough to influence Tolkien to create a horde of sinister arachnids that are mentioned in the majority of his stories. Tolkien’s father died of a fever while away on a lengthy family visit in England; his father left nothing. Tolkien’s mother home schooled him and his brothers; Tolkien, could read and write by the age of four. When Tolkien was twelve his mother, …show more content…
As an emotional release and as a distraction, Tolkien wrote a poem by the name of “Bilbo’s last song”. The poem featured Bilbo (The Hobbit) a character from his books; a character mentioned in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This particular character is a hobbit, a quiet one at most. Bilbo, like Tolkien, was recruited to save his homeland. The poem does not reflect the carnage of war but the calm melancholy that approaches moments before death; after a battle has been won but with the addition of a cost. Bilbo recites his last glimpses of earth, everything to the grey seas, to his companions lingering over him; he wishes his partners a farewell and begins the journey to the light at the end of the universe. Coincidently, shortly before his death, Tolkien gave this poem to his close friend and secretary, Joy
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