Anthropomorphism a multitude of anthropomorphic goblins and elves. John D. Rateliff calls this the "Doctor Dolittle Theme" in his book "The History of the Hobbit" and Tolkien saw this anthropomorphism as closely linked to the emergence of human language and myth: "...The first men to talk of 'trees and stars' saw things very differently. To them, the world was alive with mythological beings... To them the whole of creation was "myth-woven and elf-patterned".' Richard Adams developed a distinctive take on anthropomorphic writing in the 1970s: his debut novel, "Watership Down" (1972), featured rabbits that could talk, with their own distinctive language
Watership Down (film) Watership Down (film) Watership Down is a 1978 British animated adventure-drama film written, produced and directed by Martin Rosen and based on the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was financed by a consortium of British financial institutions. The film was distributed by Cinema International Corporation in the United Kingdom, while the film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures theatrically in the US and on home video by Warner Bros. Pictures via Warner Bros. Animation in the United States and internationally. Originally released on 19 October 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the