present tense
when we are describing events that happen in works of literature we should describe it in the present tense because literature is all about presents works although there a little of old works. literature is all about life characterization of humans because it deals with our emotions, feelings. it deals with prose, drama, and poetry.
When the he said "i am a citizen of this world" , it related to when Ram has to changed to be able to live in the house, and basically pretending to be someone he is not
He should be able to rent a place without having to pretend to be someone else is the meaning when he said it
hope this helps
Continuing his linguistic studies, Tolkien joined the faculty of the University of Leeds in 1920 and a few years later became a professor at Oxford Universit.
