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tom bombariffic · 11-19-2002, 04:50 PM

As has been said, Tolkien described Tom as "the spirit of the disappearing english countryside" (or something similar - I cant remember the exact quote, but someone said it earlier). Basically, I reckon most people can agree that tolkien had a strong bond with the countryside and perhaps that's why he made tom represent the countryside. But he had suffered emotional scars when leaving the countryside in his childhood, with his mother dying and having to go back to a city whihc he hated, and maybe that was why he created "the adventures of tom bombadil" in the 1st place: subconciously or not. I just believe that tom was an outlet in which tolkien regained the thing that he had lost, as well as the spirit of what tolkien loved. Perhaps I didnt explain this too well in the 1st post, but there it is.

Bombariffic

11-19-2002, 04:50 PM	#11
tom bombariffic Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In the house of Tom Bombariffic Posts: 196	As has been said, Tolkien described Tom as "the spirit of the disappearing english countryside" (or something similar - I cant remember the exact quote, but someone said it earlier). Basically, I reckon most people can agree that tolkien had a strong bond with the countryside and perhaps that's why he made tom represent the countryside. But he had suffered emotional scars when leaving the countryside in his childhood, with his mother dying and having to go back to a city whihc he hated, and maybe that was why he created "the adventures of tom bombadil" in the 1st place: subconciously or not. I just believe that tom was an outlet in which tolkien regained the thing that he had lost, as well as the spirit of what tolkien loved. Perhaps I didnt explain this too well in the 1st post, but there it is. Bombariffic __________________ The 'hum' generated by an electric car is not in fact the noise of the engine, but that of the driver's self-righteousness oscillating at a high frequency.