Would Tolkien have liked Harry Potter?

Would Tolkien have liked Harry Potter?

Tolkien would like the Rowling universe, but he would be disgusted and appalled of the Martin universe. The reason is the undelying tones and patterns in fantasy universe.

Did Lord of the Rings inspire Harry Potter?

J K Rowling has said she read Lord of the Rings before writing the Harry Potter books, so it's quite possible she was influenced by the earlier book. However, Tolkien himself would be the first to admit that he too was drawing on ideas and narrative tropes that were far older than his own work.

Does J.K. Rowling like Tolkien?

In Harry Potter, there are also literary references to Tolkien's epic fantasy, but whether Rowling made these references consciously or not is debatable. ... It is likely that some of her borrowing from Tolkien is conscious and some is not, but there is definitely a Tolkien influence in her books.

Is Lord of the Rings based on Harry Potter?

Because The Lord of the Rings was written several decades before Harry Potter was, many think all those similarities between the two works aren't coincidence or inspiration, but rather a copy of one another. ... However, there are some actual similarities in Harry Potter that have copied The Lord of the Rings.

Did Rowling read Tolkien?

Again, she admits to reading The Lord of the Rings, albeit when she was a child as if to dismiss this influence, and she says that she has read The Hobbit as well, but not until she was already writing Harry's story. ... Rowling is no Tolkien fan at all, really, that she hasn't even finished The Lord of the Rings.

Is LOTR and Harry Potter in the same universe?

Not really. If nothing else, there are no hobbits or an equivalent in Harry Potter. In Lord of the Rings, wizards are few and far between and witches seem to be non-existent. One could argue the lack of elves, but many of the other magical creatures we find in Harry Potter do not seem to exist in LOTR.

Why is LOTR so similar to Harry Potter?

It seems like many parallels can be made between Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Firstly between Sauron and Voldemort: They both crafted magical items so that they could transcend death. They are killed in a war, becoming ephemeral until dark magic allows them to retake a human form.

Who is better JRR Tolkien or JK Rowling?

Rowling is great and all but Tolkien wrote a literal world, lore, history, etc. Compared to that Rowling story is about a special child meant to do special things. Go with Tolkein and the lotr. Much better overall story, world, characters, themes and exciting writing.

Is the Lord of the Rings similar to Harry Potter?

• Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter share countless undeniable similarities and parallels, many of which were only seen in hindsight. JRR Tolkien's magnum opus, The Lord of The Rings , is practically a literary legend today taking generations of readers back to the somber universe of Middle Earth.

Are there elves like Tolkien in Harry Potter?

• To be fair to Rowling, the elves in Potterverse are nothing like those in Tolkien's masterpiece. However, in terms of appearance, one can easily draw parallels between the house-elves in the magical world, and the eponymous Gollum.

How did J.K.Rowling borrow ideas from Tolkien?

• He helps Frodo in his quest Of course, J.K. Rowling has a lot of original ideas of her own, such as the concept of muggles, and the game of Quiddich. My opinion is that she borrowed too many themes to be a coincidence. For sure she was "inspired" by Tolkien's Lord of the Ring, at least partially.

How did JK Rowling plagiarize The Lord of the Rings?

• J.K Rowling plagiarized Tolkien!!! 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 author of Narnia is one of his favorite authors.