The Influences of Tolkien in The Lord of The Rings

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…and his traumatizing experience in trench warfare during World War I all come together to influence his three major works of fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien uses many themes in the story that relate to his influences. The inescapability of involvement relates to how the US and many other countries were drawn into World War I. The possibility of real loss relates to how much was destroyed during the war, life and property.