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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet
Nothing so mercernary. The story that wrote Tolkien (yes I mean to say it that way) brought Frodo through the harrowing journey, and Tolkien, true writer that he was, gave the necessary results.
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Yes. I think he wasn't trying to make any particular point about suffering after warfare nor was he trying to work in 'shellshock' to the story. I think Tolkien simply used his own experience of suffering, such as he comprehended and understood it, as the source for writing about his characters' suffering. In much the same way he has several characters who are effectively or literally orphans; I don't think he was making a 'point' about that, simply writing from experience.