Tangerine: I agree with a good deal of what you're saying here. I think that the innocense is provincial rather than childlike, however. Your illustration is interesting, too, but I fear I must disagree with it since it seems to me that Hobbits were NOT given to feckless and dangerous behavior. They didn't like anything that upset their lives, like boats or magic rings or adventures. I think you're right, though, if you say that the innocence is provincial, and that rather than innocence you call it naivete.
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