[Gorwingel]

Just going back to the beginning of the Prologue. I just have to say that when I first read the book, the part where he talks about the hobbits being "an unobtrusive people", "more numerous formerly than they are today" struck me because it caused me to question myself (are there really hobbits?), and it also caused me to take this as a more real piece of literature. Now I know hobbits don't exsist, but I was amazed that he was actually writing this from the point of it being truth. I had never really seen anything like this in a fantasy book.

This also can apply to where he talks about the third age being long gone, and the lands of the world being changed. This also reinforces this not being a work of fiction, but more being a history instead. It also again makes you think.