Thoughts on friendships. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Boromir88 · 07-29-2004, 01:11 PM

Ninlaith , yes, Tolkien was real big on friends. I agree, I think everyone needs a friend like a Sam, or Merry. From what I've read a few times is one of Tolkien's friends always talked about writing a fantasy book similar to LOTR, Sil..etc, but when going into WW1 together his friend died. Also, I think the Tolkien's first ever "thing" started on his Middle-Earth books, was a poem he wrote in the trenches called "The Fall of Gondolin." I'm not sure but maybe he writes on friendships because of his friend from WW1, we do know Tolkien wrote a lot from the experiences of WW1. You never know how someone is special to you until you lose them. One of Sam's most heroic feets (which is why I like Sam, as well as Merry, Pip, and Frodo, more then the other Hobbits of the Shire) was when he carried Frodo up Mount Doom. Atleast, part of the way, that is.

07-29-2004, 01:11 PM	#8
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Big on friends Ninlaith , yes, Tolkien was real big on friends. I agree, I think everyone needs a friend like a Sam, or Merry. From what I've read a few times is one of Tolkien's friends always talked about writing a fantasy book similar to LOTR, Sil..etc, but when going into WW1 together his friend died. Also, I think the Tolkien's first ever "thing" started on his Middle-Earth books, was a poem he wrote in the trenches called "The Fall of Gondolin." I'm not sure but maybe he writes on friendships because of his friend from WW1, we do know Tolkien wrote a lot from the experiences of WW1. You never know how someone is special to you until you lose them. One of Sam's most heroic feets (which is why I like Sam, as well as Merry, Pip, and Frodo, more then the other Hobbits of the Shire) was when he carried Frodo up Mount Doom. Atleast, part of the way, that is.