Yes, Tolkien lived at the time when religion was failing, and there were wars, and everything that Tolkien stood for was just going downwards. I think he was just trying to instill some good old fashioned values into it (and possibly religion), for example, in Lord of the rings, when Sam makes the promise to protect Frodo, you see, he takes it seriously, and risks his life for him.
Also, I don't think the writer of the article really even read any of Tolkien's works, ok maybe The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. BUt when he says that Sauron is a personification of evil? LIES! What about Morgoth, the one who poisoned everyone's minds, and things like that, all the little subtletiesl like Sauron in Numenor, and the large philosophical meaning underlying the book, anfd just a message of hope.
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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba
There is always a new thing to be found in Middle Earth.  |
Which iss one of the reasons we have this forum