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| Lord of the Rings the Mein Kampf of Forces of Good |
| 2021-05-31 |
| By Ales Mishchenko Direct translation of the article [Regnum] The book "The Lord of the Rings" was written at a time when Tolkien's homeland, Great Britain, was losing influence and power over half the world. And, undoubtedly, the writer foresaw that Asia, with its billions of people, would crowd out Europe. The symbol of Asia, crowding Europe, is the Turkic hordes of Attila and Genghis Khan. Hence, the Orcs appeared, speaking a language very similar to Turkic (this cannot be considered a coincidence, since Tolkien is a philologist by education). In fact, the Lord of the Rings is a call to destroy the Asian superpowers before they have had time to use their enormous potential (which is called in the book "the ring of omnipotence"). Moreover, this is a call to destroy Asia not so ceremoniously with the choice of means, judging by the description of how the Gondorians (Europeans) do not stand on ceremony with the Turks (orcs): I remember the proud description of how, after some battle, their corpses were dumped in a pile, in the middle of which was stuck some kind of stick, on which a goblin head dangled. Note that Tolkien also recorded the Russians as the forces of evil - among the allies of Mordor there are “northern bearded men with berdyshs” and “thieves” (Varangians). Russians make the bestest Bad Guys in fiction In "The Lord of the Rings" Tolkien's admiration for the past is evident (remember that he is a teacher of ancient Germanic legends). But we know how it was written in those ancient German (like many others) annals that Tolkien taught: “they came to a new land and cleansed it” (as explained in the story “Janissaries of the Unknown Homeland” of the book “People's Indulgence” - all civilizations were built on bones and there is nothing good about that). So the fact that Chingiz Khan's invasion of China holds the palm in the destruction of the civilian population is a "merit" of the large number of Chinese, and not at all of ancient European humanism. In ancient times, there was little humanism at all. He appeared later, after Buddha and Jesus. But one should not judge Tolkien harshly: in his time, the topic of inequality and the competition of nations and races was not yet taboo (since it had not yet led to gas chambers) and, unfortunately, it was actively discussed alongside, for example, also popular topics of the world behind the scenes. secret societies or spiritualism. And besides, in an attempt to disguise his call to attack Asia, he created a new literary genre - fantasy. "But why can't you see it as a struggle between good and evil? !!" - one of my acquaintances objected to me. But I did not see good there. I saw that Tolkien convinces us that the orcs are evil, because they smell bad and they eat all kinds of nasty things - a typical European view of uncivilized peoples. No sign of good or evil. On the contrary, I saw that Gondor attacked Mordor first, fearing its growing power. That is, discarding the Gondorian propaganda, objectively speaking, it is Gondor that can be called the evil that unleashed this war. As there is no God in religious disputes, so there is no good in the Lord of the Rings - only inter-tribal showdown and propaganda like "Carthage must be destroyed." So I saw ... But then I did not find a single person who would look at this book in the same way ... Well, let's assume I'm wrong. The struggle between good and evil, so is the struggle between good and evil. But the goblin heads impaled on the mountains of their corpses remain ... Okay, so then this book is the Mein Kampf of the forces of good. PS And the descendants of Tolkien chose a more risky and noble path: to take all those whom Tolkien considered "orcs" to their castles, to give them human rights ... And perhaps they will die in this battle, unable to cope with others, more totalitarian and cruel customs. But in this battle, they really are on the side of good. |
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