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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Tom Bombadil
In the Tolkien Reader, there is an extensive piece on Tom Bombadil. In LOTR however, he isn't a very major character at all. What actually makes him such an 'enigma' is Tolkien's refusal to define him and the fact that he is unaffected by the Ring. Also Gandalf evidently respects Bomabadil a lot.
But finally, I would have to agree with someone on the previous page who said Tom is Tom. He is. And tempted as we may be to dissect his character, let us refrain from it and leave him as Tolkien wanted - an enigma.
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