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Old 06-12-2004, 01:03 AM   #1
Lhunardawen
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Thank you very much for quoting that part of the Foreword, Son of Numenor! Much as I would like to read all the posts in this thread, time constrains me, so I would just have to find someone who would quote that. I was beginning to give up, but I found your post. Thanks, indeed.

It was easy to see Tolkien's bitterness toward the Second World War when he said that. Forgive me, but I just couldn't help looking at it allegorically. If Tolkien intended LotR to be an allegory of WWII, then who would the poor hobbits be? The innocent "by-standers" that are inevitably affected by the war? If so, why would they be held in hatred and contempt? If not, would it be those who underneath the war are trying to restore peace?

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