Revealing Tom Bombadil

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Bombadil is a symbol of the writer's uncle' wife's half-brother's longing for his lost childhood.

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Oh, I definatly agree. Either that or he was a representation of the invisible friend that Tolkien had and never truely got rid of. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Well, Tom could have also been put in there to introduce a fashion statement: Yellow boots, of course! I don't think they were ever too popular, so maybe Tolkien added Tom in there to make subliminal messages telling us to wear them... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Paranoia!