Friday 11 February 2011

Warlocks Are Enemies Of God pt. 2 Rowling VS Tolkien: Plagiarism Much?

Now, I plan to discuss a topic that I started at the end of my last blog,
Most people don't realise this but the Harry Potter series plagiarised JRR Tolkien's literary works, now most people will say something along the lines of "No, No, Harry Potter is an original idea."
This is however wrong and, although I do appreciate the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter is not exactly original. Let me explain.
First of the plagiarism, and the most obvious, is Aragog. Now who doesn't notice that the idea of Aragog came from 2 of Tolkien's Stories: The Silmarillion and The Lord Of The Rings (2 different characters). In The Silmarillion, there is a big Spider called Ungoliant, In The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (this is the book) there is a large Spider called Shelob.

Aragog

Shelob
Next plagiarism is Albus Dumbledore. The Character's last name is taken from Lord Of The rings. The Name "Dumbledore" came from a small fly which lived in the foul land of Mordor. The character's look and tone is a clear copy of Gandalf (this links onto the next aspect of plagiarism).

Dumbledore

A Fly
The next aspect (and the final one because I can't be bothered with this anymore) is to do with the story, one person who has to save the world against the most evil enemy ever faced, he gets help along the way because he can not do this all on his own. In the end he saves the world from the villain and gets on with his life.
Stay Tuned

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