Holding on to the little good in this world! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 05-27-2003, 07:37 PM

I think Sam's speech reflected how Tolkien truly felt about the world. He was not a fatalistic man. He wanted to believe in the world that we all live in. Even when he saw his favorite childhood haunts being torn down and developed, he still continued to believe in the good in this world. I think that is definitely something to admire. Very few of us remember how good the Earth is, and that we have to help it remain good. It isn't just going to stay like that forever. With all this technology, I think that humankind is beginning to forget where it came from. Mother Nature nourished us when we were young, and now, when it needs us the most, we are abandoning it. I think Tolkien's books illustrate that point very well, and his love of all things "green and good in this world" came into his writing. He passed that torch into our hands, and now we have to bear it for future generations.

05-27-2003, 07:37 PM	#4
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I think Sam's speech reflected how Tolkien truly felt about the world. He was not a fatalistic man. He wanted to believe in the world that we all live in. Even when he saw his favorite childhood haunts being torn down and developed, he still continued to believe in the good in this world. I think that is definitely something to admire. Very few of us remember how good the Earth is, and that we have to help it remain good. It isn't just going to stay like that forever. With all this technology, I think that humankind is beginning to forget where it came from. Mother Nature nourished us when we were young, and now, when it needs us the most, we are abandoning it. I think Tolkien's books illustrate that point very well, and his love of all things "green and good in this world" came into his writing. He passed that torch into our hands, and now we have to bear it for future generations. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.