Did J.K. Rowling borrow heavily from J.R.R. Tolkien?

In the book itself Frodo is over 50 when he sets off with the ring.
(which is suprisingly the same age as Bilbo when he goes on his adventure) So some of your information might need checking.

"I'm pretty sure Sauron had nothing like horcruxes."

Sauron didn't die during the last alliance of elves and men because part of his life force was in the ring. What do you call that?

Also, the time span of LOTR is MUCH greater than Harry Potter. Frodo was in his fifties when he made the journey to Mordor, and the trip took three years if I remeber correctly. The movie is misleading.

I'd also like to point out Tolkien's use of eagles was not mythological, he just really loved them. Google it.

The only thing I think Rowling got from LOTR is the horcrux element. And before anyone starts in, I'd like to state that I have read all of the Harry Potter books as well as LOTR, The Hobbit, and a few other Tolkien books, and I enjoyed them all quite throuoghly.

1.) Souron has the ring with which he put his sould into. You must destroy the ring to destroy Souron, much like Voldemort, only Voldemort had several items instead of just one.

2.)Frodo and Harry are very much alike. Both have been orphaned and left to live with their Uncle. Both recieved scars from the enemy that cause physical and mental pain throughout their encounters. The rest that i can think of are very common and do not hold any relevence.

3.)No idea what you are saying there.

4.)I agree with you on this one. Gandalf and Dumbledore are very different. On one hand Gandalf is similar to that of an angel, he is awesome and can live forever basically. Dumbledore is and old, gay human who can die from old age just like everyone else. But the similarity with their character and purpose in the books are almost exactly the same.

5.)Actually, he is talking about the trolls in the hobbit, so by your own logic you are wrong by ignorance. But since we all know that is bullshit, i will go on to explain. In the hobbit, the group runs into, and gets captured by some trolls. Through the combined experience the group grew closer and gained a sense of comradery. Which is exactly what happens in harry potter, am i right?

6.) The concept of large spiders is very old and is not in any way original. Looking at this one fact alone is not the intended purpose. It looking at the big picture of basic, similar facts that add up. All of the similarities between both books are found in other books, but not this many. There are too many similarities between these two series to be coincidence. I'm not sayin Rowling stole from J.R.R. Tolkien, but she sure as hell did take a lot of ideas from him. I would say it's more of a homage to the greatest fantasy writter of all time.

7.)Again, it's the role that the creature/s play in the movie that make this similarity. This single fact is no proof, but added with everything else makes it just a little more convincing.

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9.) That one is dumb i'll give you that. The reason it was brought up is because the name is a similarity. Again as a stand alone it means nothing but added it with everything else it does.

10.)Gollum was not a hobbit. He was one of the river folk. Both talk in third person, both do what their "masters" command them, and both hinder and help the hero on his quest. It is not meant to be taken beyond that.

If Jo said she "doesn't really read fantasy" she is more full of bullshit than i originally thought. She took so many things from so many authors, but she added even more of her own original material to it. This is what every author does. Hell, J.R.R. Tolkien took many of his ideas from old mythology. The reason i think J.R.R. Tokien's books are so much better is because he actually created an entire world. Jo just created a world around her main character. In fact, Tolkien had to be pushed to write the lord of the rings. All his friends said that people needed something to be able to immerse themselves into the world that he had already created. That is why his books have so much detail in them. He created his world with gods and angels and wars and history. Then placed his characters in this world. Enough said.

this being is an obsessed Harry Potter fan and has no sense of comparition.
similarities are obvious.
i think JKR had influences from Tolkien and thats what comes from it to her books. i dont think she's bad writer. and harry potter isn't a ripoff.
those who claim that JKR is worst writer, are just fans of unsuccessful books/writers who never had much of an attention from film industry or any other franchises.