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like those above, agree that one of the main strengths of Tolkien's works is that he does not feel the need to explain everything, and always leaves at least some of the answers for the reader to find
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Tolkien specifically says something to this effect in one of his Letters...although I can't find which one it is at the moment...in fact, I believe he says in retrospect that he feels he put in too many glimpses of the past in believe he called "volume 1" if I remember correctly...I'm sure this meant book 1, probably referring mostly to the "Shadow of the Past" chapter...
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"But a new day is come. Here I will stay at peace, and renounce name and kin; and so I will put my shadow behind me, or at the least not lay it upon those that I love."
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