On the surface Lord of the Rings and 1984 look very different. But JRR Tolkien and George Orwell were men of the same generation, the same class, and the same culture, writing about the same matter - power.

00:00 Tolkien & Orwell

04:24 Surface Exterior vs Deep Interior

07:12 Symbols vs Symbols

12:14 Class & Communism

13:18 1984 is the future where Sauron won the Third Age

15:09 Meaning vs Nihilism

16:40 We would use power for good...but can we resist using our One Ring?

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