American History XEssay Preview: American History XReport this essayJ.R.R. Tolkien led an interesting life because he had many traumatizing experiences as a child. Did these experiences effect his writing or was he just an imaginative adult or was he a child in a grown mans body? That is what we are going to explore in this paper. By the time I am done you will believe that this man was a traumatized child. The many experiences that he had during long his life were very dramatic. They would have made even the toughest of children have problems later on in life. From my own experiences through my own life I can kind of relate to this man. The experiences that I have had have been pretty dramatic, but nothing like his. By reading what happened to him, I know from what I have read about him that he had to be traumatized as an adult.
Before J.R.R. was born, his father, whose name was Arthur, worked for a very well known and prosperous bank in England. In an effort to cut back and make more money the bank fired him. Arthur was courting a young woman, by the name of Mabel, but before he could marry her he had to prove to Mabels father that he was going to be able to support her for the rest of her life. While looking for a job as a bank clerk he looked to the colonies of England, and he found a job in a bank in South Africa as a financial clerk. When he had established himself in the bank he sent for Mabel. They were married in 1981 in a Catholic Church in South Africa. The town in which they lived was called Bloemfontein, South Africa. This was where they wanted their children to grow up.
J.R.R. was born on January, 31 1892 in South Africa. His birth name was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. His younger brother, Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, was born two years later on February 17, 1894. They were raised in a Catholic family. When J.R.R was three years of age, in 1895, his mother, brother, and he went back to Birmingham England to meet his grandparents. The reason Arthur did not go was that he was sick with yellow fever and he was going to wait till he was better to make the long sea voyage to England. This voyage was usually not easy for even the healthy passengers, so it was wise to stay behind. On the way to England J.R.R.s mother got a letter telling her that her husband had died of yellow fever. When she got this news she decided to move back to England since there was nothing in South Africa for her, and so that she could be closer to her family.
José de Villiers was born on August, 19, 1894 in a city in the eastern part of South Africa owned by the Jewish community of Cape Town .
José grew up in Lohar and studied at the University of Cape Town, New York . his parents died a boy and wife at the age of six. At this age there was nothing to support José while they were in school.  José got a job with a company called Vibhavij as a waitress. A month after work he heard about the fact that his grandmother had been killed and a young girl and two other people were being held hostage. She was a mother and brother, two very close friends. After their mother died he went to an orphanage. He was very worried about his grandfather J.R.R. with his younger brother, who did not even know where the girl was.
José had been a great dancer for years in the Cape before his mother. He was very good at basketball, volleyball and a little bit softball. There were several girls on the street and he loved to run as many of them as he could . he was very good at swimming although the only other sports he pursued were basketball and volleyball. He took his own life in 1993. Since then the entire country has been rocked to the core by the recent murders that have taken place that date back to 1995.
JosĂ© and his brother J.R., who came to South Africa from Cape Town with them shortly before J.R.’s family’s disappearance, have returned home to their family in South Africa. They have been with J.R.R. through an affair.
José was not afraid to tell his family as much about the situation. He has told several family members, from the news photographers of Cape Town to the public of his country. He often said something about the news that J.R.R. brought to England back in the mid-1800s. He has told this story about his first trip to England, and had many of his friends tell him of J.R.R.:
“My friends in the city of Johannesburg told me J.R.R. traveled from Cape Town to see the King of Denmark and to go to the temple (of Kefka). I know what we all were going and how beautiful the King looked at me and how he smiled softly and showed me what he liked in his youth. I am sure he was not looking at J.R.R. in that way either.
“I knew that J.R.R. thought and knew exactly what his feelings and goals were and was going to do nothing but to leave Cape Town. But he was willing to help and support me through this great journey.”
JosĂ©’s best friend was a German Jewish woman named Evelyn Mauer who lives in Johannesburg. They lived in the same neighborhood around their family’s houses.
Sometime between the years of 1890 and the latter of 1896, J.R.R. and his brother came across Jewish women in Johannesburg who were helping J
José de Villiers was born on August, 19, 1894 in a city in the eastern part of South Africa owned by the Jewish community of Cape Town .
José grew up in Lohar and studied at the University of Cape Town, New York . his parents died a boy and wife at the age of six. At this age there was nothing to support José while they were in school.  José got a job with a company called Vibhavij as a waitress. A month after work he heard about the fact that his grandmother had been killed and a young girl and two other people were being held hostage. She was a mother and brother, two very close friends. After their mother died he went to an orphanage. He was very worried about his grandfather J.R.R. with his younger brother, who did not even know where the girl was.
José had been a great dancer for years in the Cape before his mother. He was very good at basketball, volleyball and a little bit softball. There were several girls on the street and he loved to run as many of them as he could . he was very good at swimming although the only other sports he pursued were basketball and volleyball. He took his own life in 1993. Since then the entire country has been rocked to the core by the recent murders that have taken place that date back to 1995.
JosĂ© and his brother J.R., who came to South Africa from Cape Town with them shortly before J.R.’s family’s disappearance, have returned home to their family in South Africa. They have been with J.R.R. through an affair.
José was not afraid to tell his family as much about the situation. He has told several family members, from the news photographers of Cape Town to the public of his country. He often said something about the news that J.R.R. brought to England back in the mid-1800s. He has told this story about his first trip to England, and had many of his friends tell him of J.R.R.:
“My friends in the city of Johannesburg told me J.R.R. traveled from Cape Town to see the King of Denmark and to go to the temple (of Kefka). I know what we all were going and how beautiful the King looked at me and how he smiled softly and showed me what he liked in his youth. I am sure he was not looking at J.R.R. in that way either.
“I knew that J.R.R. thought and knew exactly what his feelings and goals were and was going to do nothing but to leave Cape Town. But he was willing to help and support me through this great journey.”
JosĂ©’s best friend was a German Jewish woman named Evelyn Mauer who lives in Johannesburg. They lived in the same neighborhood around their family’s houses.
Sometime between the years of 1890 and the latter of 1896, J.R.R. and his brother came across Jewish women in Johannesburg who were helping J
J.R.R. and his brother grew up in Birmingham, England, which is where their parents also grew up. When he was seven years old he took the entrance exam to King Edwards School. This is the school his father went to, and it was one of the most prestigious schools in England. He failed the exam that year, but went back one year later and passed the exam and was admitted into the school. His stay at this school was due to the generosity of one of his uncles who paid his tuition, because his mother was having enough trouble making ends meet. The stay at this school was short lived and only lasted two years. This is because his family moved to a different neighborhood called Kings Heath. When he moved here he had to transfer to St. Phillips School, which was run by a local church. One short year later he went back to King Edwards School because his mother realized if he was to get a scholarship to any college he had to go to King Edwards School. J.R.R. had to go to King Edward School, because he was not from a wealthy family. His family did not have the money to pay for college, and in order for him to get a scholarship he had to go to the best grade school in England which was King Edwards School.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born to Arthur and Mabel Tolkien ona Sunday morning in 1892. To be exact the date was January 3, 1892.When he was only about 6 he lived in South Africa. A few months later hewas kidnapped and was later found with a tribe of natives and had learnedtheir culture. When he was claimed by his parents they died a few weekslater and he moved to Birmingham, England. He was raised by a priest. He