World renowned author, J.R.R Tolkien, in his college lecture ‘On Fairy-Stories, discusses the fairy-tale story as a literary form. In this essay, Tolkien argues that fairytales go well beyond what we expect them to be, and backs up this argument by using many rhetorical devices such as-but not limited to- the power of ethos, logos, and rhetorical questions.
J.R.R Tolkien, at the time of presenting this lecture,had already started his writing career ten years prior to the presentation’s time. The Hobbit had already been published, and critically acclaimed by a wide variety of readers; he had also been a professor of many universities
Moreover his credibility as an author and presenter, Tolkien also reveals a large amount of reasoning behind