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Re: Gildor Inglorion
This is a good question. And the answers given seem reasonable. But I think they all point to the ethnocentrism most Elves apparently showed against the other peoples of Middle-earth. In Lórien was saw distrust of other races, in Rivendell we saw ridicule and in the person of Gildor we saw a kind of indifference.
But I don't think we can think poorly of the Elves because of their apparent lack of concern for the younger races. After all, Men and Hobbits were certainly not the responsibility of the Firstborn. They had troubles of their own, and unlike the short-lived mortals the Elves had to live with their mistakes forever. Add that to the fact that Elves and Men were so very different by their nature, especially the Men of the Third Age, and you begin to see things in a different light.
Instead of distrust, ridicule and indifference you begin to see simply a lack of understanding of the other peoples. We see Gildor as someone who should have helped Frodo, but maybe Gildor saw the Hobbit as someone he really didn't know how to help.
I'm not making excuses for Gildor. I think he should have escorted Frodo to Rivendell. I'm just attempting to dive into the psyche of a Third Age Elf Lord who was tired of his long years in Middle-Earth. <img src=smile.gif ALT="
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