42 responses to the similarities between harry potter and the lord of the rings.
Harry potter and lord of the rings character similarities.
Rowling s harry potter world are fairly superficial according to rowling herself.
Where lord of the rings is a sweeping epic a wizard of earthsea brings more of a comparison to the hobbit in that the novel focuses on the story of ged a young wizard who struggles with the disastrous results of his pride and ignorance le guin is a fantasy powerhouse don t stop at this book with a breathtaking talent for rich world building.
Both are the fruits of the writers remarkable imaginations and yet even the best of literature draws inspiration from others and a closer look at the two epics reveals certain basic similarities in characters concepts and objects.
Tolkien s the lord of the rings universe and j.
Harry potter is written by j k.
Just like harry potter the hunger games based on a book trilogy follows teens fighting for their lives in order to right the wrongs of the adults that came before them the protagonist katniss everdeen competes in the nation of panem s hunger games a nationally televised event that sees her pitted against children of the nation as they fight to the death to be the games sole survivor.
A wizard of earthsea by ursula k.
Hermione was a hard person to match to a lord of the rings character because there just aren t that many female characters in the series.
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Rowling and was first published in 1994.
Published november 27 2013 updated january 11 2017 because harry can go there and back again too.
Links to books i talked about in this video.
Similarities between harry potter and lord of the rings by eric s.
Lord of the rings is older and was published in 1954 by j r r.
They also have different plotlines and stories.
I was watching the lord of the rings the other day and saw that jk rowling copied many many things these things being identical between the lord of the rings and harry potter so i was thinking that jk rowling plagiarized from it and cs lewis autho.
Additionally harry potter has seven books in its series whereas lord of the rings has only three.
I was surprised at how many i found during this most recent reread.
What are some of the similarities between the lord of the rings and harry potter.