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Bêthberry · 12-26-2008, 09:33 AM

So I suppose people are disagreeing with Tolkien's decision as the author to depict the Scouring of the Shire in the way he did. What does it mean, after all, to criticise Gandalf for not stopping ole Sharkey? Is this an attempt to find a logical error in Tolkien's Legendarium? Or is this one of those hypotheticals?

After all, Gandalf is a character who acts as his author wants him to act. Are people here saying that Tolkien made a mistake in not having his wizard hero step in? That Tolkien was cruel in sacrificing 19 hobbits?

12-26-2008, 09:33 AM	#10
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	So I suppose people are disagreeing with Tolkien's decision as the author to depict the Scouring of the Shire in the way he did. What does it mean, after all, to criticise Gandalf for not stopping ole Sharkey? Is this an attempt to find a logical error in Tolkien's Legendarium? Or is this one of those hypotheticals? After all, Gandalf is a character who acts as his author wants him to act. Are people here saying that Tolkien made a mistake in not having his wizard hero step in? That Tolkien was cruel in sacrificing 19 hobbits? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.