JRR Tolkien was born in South Africa, although he considered himself a British man throughout his adulthood. He experienced the First World War firsthand in the trenches. He was a professor of Old English and other archaic languages ​​and had a strong love for such languages. Tolkien also felt a strong connection to his homeland, England, and wished to create a mythology for England. Tolkien was able to write the first modern fantasy novel through his life experiences and his love of archaic languages ​​and British tradition. Tolkien's mother, Mabel Suffield, left England in March 1891 for South Africa to marry a man named Arthur Tolkien. They had been engaged for years; however Mabel's father had denied Mabel her marriage due to her young age. Tolkien's father, Arthur Tolkien, had sailed to South Africa a few years earlier to try his luck in the diamond discovery craze. Just a few years later, Arthur and Mabel gave birth to a son, named none other than John Ronald Reuel. Tolkien lived in a village surrounded by wilderness in his early years and went on numerous adventures. Three of his aprons were chewed by a monkey. He avoided several snakes. He stumbled upon a tarantula and ran around until his nurse grabbed him and sucked out the poison. Perhaps this is why Tolkien includes poisonous spiders in his future tales (Carpenter 13). Mabel and Arthur gave birth to a second child, and within two years Arthur died from a severe case of rheumatic fever. After Arthur's death, Mabel and Tolkien's younger brother Hilary returned to England in the West Midlands of England. Tolkien was exposed to the rural and industrial aspects of England. The area was heavily polluted and may be the reason for Tolkien......middle of paper......world of JRR Tolkien. URL: http://www.inapprofondimentoinfo.com/tolkien/biography.shtml (8 May 2005).Rosebury, Ryan. "Tolkien, J.R.R.". The literary encyclopedia and the literary dictionary. Ed. Robert Clark, Emory Elliott and Janet Todd. URL: http://www.litencyc.com/(8 January 2001).Tolkien, JRR The Fellowship of the Ring. New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. Tolkien, JRR The Hobbit. New York: Ballantine Books, 1977.Tolkien, JRR The Return of the King. New York: Ballantine Books, 1977.Tolkien, JRR The Two Towers. New York: Ballantine Books, 1977.