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Jessica Jade · 06-18-2002, 08:19 PM

Hobbits are very content. They are happy and they have peace in their lives. Everything that they could possibly want or need is in their very own Shire. The Ring is like a burning glass by which all of the selfishness, greed, and desire to dominate can be brought into focus. As it's been said before, hobbits hate adventures or anything unexpected-- they are extremely unambitious. They are completely happy and do not need anything else to fulfill them. They have no desire to control others, nor do they (unlike Men),feel they need to prove themselves to anyone and become more powerful. Basically, it is because hobbits are so pure- they are full of innocent strength, humility, and goodness--that is why evil slow to destroy them.

Also, remember that the Ring gives the bearer power only according to his inherent strength. Hobbits are far less powerful, in the traditional sense. But they are powerful in their own special way--i've read somewhere that they are a "secret weapon" of Eru, who were kept hidden and only to be used when the time was right. And that is certainly true-- all the long years, Sauron and others more powerful had overlooked them, when finally, at the end of the Third Age, it is the small, "weaker" race who put a final end to the greatest menace in the world. On the surface, the Ring might seem more fit for someone stronger and wiser like Gandalf and Galadriel to handle, but it would turn them into monsters because of the inherent strenght and power.

"Yet such if oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere."
-Elrond in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Council of Elrond

[ June 18, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Jade ]

06-18-2002, 08:19 PM	#6
Jessica Jade Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tirion upon Túna, Atlanta Posts: 154	Hobbits are very content. They are happy and they have peace in their lives. Everything that they could possibly want or need is in their very own Shire. The Ring is like a burning glass by which all of the selfishness, greed, and desire to dominate can be brought into focus. As it's been said before, hobbits hate adventures or anything unexpected-- they are extremely unambitious. They are completely happy and do not need anything else to fulfill them. They have no desire to control others, nor do they (unlike Men),feel they need to prove themselves to anyone and become more powerful. Basically, it is because hobbits are so pure- they are full of innocent strength, humility, and goodness--that is why evil slow to destroy them. Also, remember that the Ring gives the bearer power only according to his inherent strength. Hobbits are far less powerful, in the traditional sense. But they are powerful in their own special way--i've read somewhere that they are a "secret weapon" of Eru, who were kept hidden and only to be used when the time was right. And that is certainly true-- all the long years, Sauron and others more powerful had overlooked them, when finally, at the end of the Third Age, it is the small, "weaker" race who put a final end to the greatest menace in the world. On the surface, the Ring might seem more fit for someone stronger and wiser like Gandalf and Galadriel to handle, but it would turn them into monsters because of the inherent strenght and power. "Yet such if oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." -Elrond in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Council of Elrond [ June 18, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Jade ] __________________ http://www.cadential64.com The musicians had indeed laid bare the youngest, most innocent of our ideas of life, the indestructible yearning for the way things aren't and can never be. ~ Philip Roth, The Human Stain