1. Silmarillion

2.  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September
1973) - English novelist, poet, philologist, a university
professor. Tolkien is considered a classic of fantasy
literature. He created an extremely powerful world Middle-
earth, inhabited by hobbits, elves, dwarves and other
fantastic mythical creatures . Almost all the books of Tolkien
present actions taking place there. The most important are:
"The Lord of the Rings" (1954), "The Hobbit" (1937), or the
monumental, just completed by the son of the writer,
"Silmarillon" (1977), which is a kind of mythology of Middle-
earth. He published over 100 works
on philology and ancient literature, worked at the creation
of the largest dictionary of the English language,
published shortly after the war, Oxford English Dictionary.
He knew (in varying degrees) more than 30 languages, ​​
mostly extinct, Germanic and Celtic. JRR Tolkien was
born in an English family in 1892 as the son of a
banker Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield his wife. He was
born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (now in South
Africa), where his father was a civil servant (director from
1890) in a branch of Bank of Africa.

3. In my opinion
 I think that John Ronald
Reuel Tolkien is one of the
best writers of
fantasy. In his novels he
shows that he had an
incredible imagination. He
created a world that takes
the reader to the land
of elves and other
creatures. In his
works the events of
his life such as
love with Edith can be
found. He is the creator
of fantasy literature, and in
my opinion the best.

4. Begining
 The first two parts-Ainulindalë and Valaquenta are
typical myths. They talk about how Eru (Iluvatar) created the
Ainur and taught them to sing. All Ainur stood before
him and sang, until they sang together. When they were able
to sing together, they sang three songs, which Eru
created later Ea - the world. But Melkor - the most
powerful of them wanted to add his topics to the songs,
but this caused anxiety. Ainur were fascinated by the beauty
visions of the world so they decided to come to Arda -
Earth, so they became Valar (mighty)
or Majar (lesser). They began to arrange the world so as in
the songs. In the very middle they built a
country called Amaran and at the ends of the world they
built lighthouses and Melkor destroyed it . The fall of the
lighthouses caused the destruction of the Amaran so they
moved to the Aman - the country in the West that created for
themselves after the destruction of Amaran.

6. Plot
 Quent Silmarillion is the longest and the most
important of the story. It describes the the First Era of
the World, by the appearance of the elves in the
world. To protect children Iluvatar Valar kidnapped
Melkor and put into a dungeon for 300 years
and invited the elves to Aman. Elves have learned a
lot from the Valar, and began to produce beautiful
things. Elves of the family Finw - Noldor were very
talented, especially Feanor . He created three
magnificent jewels, which was the glow of two
trees of Valinor. Melkor after leaving
the dungeon deceive the Elves and the
Valar, feigning repentance, and with the help of
Ungoliant insidiously poisoned the tree and stole
the Silmarils and killed Finw.

8. Plot.. They were devastated after
the destruction
of trees so they asked
Feanor for access
stones to restore the life
of the trees, but he refused.
When they learned of
the theft and the death of
his father, he rebelled elves
and made a terrible oath to
recover Silmarilis. He set
out with the elves in Middle-
earth, and has attacked the
three strains
of elves - Teleri and
stole their boats.

9. What’s next ?
 Voluntary exiles from Valinor were deprived of
care, and Valinor was reinforced. After reaching
the Middle for 500 years fought with varying
degrees of war elves assisted by
two generations Iluvatar Children- People. There
were six great battles and many skirmishes. For
400 years the elves were besieging
Angband, but after cessation of the siege in
turn fell the kingdom of the elves. During this
time, events were happening that have
passed into history of Middle-earth, and
were even mentioned in the Third Age. Beren, son
of Barahir and the man in love with the daughter
of ThingolGrey Cloak, King of Doriath and
Mela Majar - Luthien. To obtain
father`s consent to marry he has agreed
to get for him one of the Silmarils.

11. … After many adventures, together
with Luthien he has got a trick - in
the guise of a
werewolf and vampire they went
to Angband. There, with
the song Luthien
knocked Morgoth and Beren took th
e Silmarils from his crown. When th
ey fled werewolf chieftain
bitten Beren`s hand with Sirmaril.
They both died,
and Luthien, regained the Silmarils,
and saluted it his father. He went
to Mandos, Judge of the Valar,
to implore a second
life singing for Beren by singing
but lost elven immortality to be with
his beloved. From their
relationship Dior was born , who

12. THE STORY…
 After the attack of Feanor his daughter
Elwing escaped with the Silmarils to the Havens of Sirion,
and married a half-elf Eärendil son of Tuor and Idri
exiles from Gondolin plundered, and bore him two
sons, Elrond and Elros. Eärendil sailed the seas to
find Aman and his parents. During one
of his voyages sons of Fëanor attacked the harbor to
regain the Silmarils, but Elwing together with the
stone jumped into the sea, and Ulmo turned it into a
swan and helped her joined to her husband .
They sailed to Aman, where on behalf of humans
and elves have asked for help. Valar and the Elves of
Aman went to war, which was to destroy evil forever.

14. Action . .
Eärendil and his wife chose the fate of the elves, and
werein Valinor, but Eärendil sailed his ship on the bow of
the Silmarilsas a star - a sign. In
the Great Battle defeated Morgoth's troops, killed
off countless
orcs, most Balrogs and Dragons. Morgoth captured, mutil
ated and thrown into the void, beyond the world. Elves of
Beleriand mostly moved to Valinor, but not all - of Middle-
earth was Gil-galad, the highest king Noldor of Middle-
earth, Galadriel, Cirdan Builder of Ships and other.
Half Elves, the sons of Eärendil had to decide about
his fate-Elros became king of the people who for
the dedication in the fight against Morgoth got safe place
-Númenor and Elrond was among the elves. Beleri
and was sunk and changed the shape of the world. There
was a second era of the Mediterranean.

16. Next .
 Akallabêth describes the end of
Númenor as a result of
pride and rebellion of people
who succumbed
to Sauron's promptings and
wanted to become
an equal Valar. When they broke
the ban, entering Aman, they
killed all the participants of the
expedition, and all the
inhabitants
of Númenor and plunged under
water. Some exiles who
fled from
persecution Sauron's minions,
led by Elendil and his
sons survived.

17. Books .
 Addition of Rings of Power tells of the
details of their creation and
how Sauron forged in
secret a ring yet. "The Silmarillion" is
the position for someone who has
read "The Lord of the Rings" and "The
Hobbit" because there will
find information that will expand the
scope of his knowledge of Middle-earth.

19. Silmarillion .
 It is from the Silmarillion when Tolkien began
writing Mediterranean history. Writing it took him a
lifetime. The Silmarillion was published in 1977, four
years after his death, in developing his son Christopher.
Before his death, the author wanted to recast the work, but
unfortunately did not manage. J.R.R. Tolkien wanted
to publish The Silmarillion shortly after the release of The
Hobbit, but the book was rejected by the
publisher. Later, after the publication of The Lord of the
Rings, fans demanded to know the history of the Elder
Days, but the writer has argued that the reluctance of issue
Silmarillion: "Zero hobbits, elves and solemn style
everywhere”. But The Silmarillion became the most
famous work next to the Lord of the Rings by Tolkien.
Silmarillion is a collection of stories about the Old Days,
which is about the First Age of the World, the preceding
era in which the action is played in Lord of the Rings. The
Silmarillion comprises five parts. At the beginning they
were their own separate tracks, but the wishes
of Tolkien were to be published together.

20. • Ainulindalë - a story about the creation of the
world by Eru
• Valaquenta - a description of the
Valar and Majar, including enemies
• Quent Silmarillion - the story
of creation and loss Silmarills, three
wonderful jewels created by one of
the elves named Feanor and
Morgoth subject of desire
• Akallabêth - describing the downfall of
Númenor
• Rings of Power and Third Age - a story
that briefly summarizes the events of
the Third Age, partly described in the
novel Lord of the Rings
Everything ..

22. I think…
 The Silmarillion is one of the best works
of Tolkien. Although there have been
problems with the issuance and the consistent
content, I think that this book deserves to
be called the best. It reflects the emotions that
accompanied the author. Tolkien was
writing this book all his life, so there is a lot of
them. It describes the beginnings of the
Elves and The Middle-earth. In my opinion one
of the best fantasy books. Unusual events
and action that really never ends.