Post by Eru on Nov 24, 2004 9:43:58 GMT -5
Inspired by a post made by Lomadia. She said,
"I read a review of a recently-published book on Tolkien and the First World War. What that book conjectures is that Tolkien, who was so adamently against war, wrote so much about it because he craved a clear-cut war, in which the bad guys were evil and the good guys were good, and his book supplied such a war. I think this is an adequate explanation, since otherwise the book would almost seem to support war, or at least support it as an acceptable way to resolve conflict."
What do you think of this?
"I read a review of a recently-published book on Tolkien and the First World War. What that book conjectures is that Tolkien, who was so adamently against war, wrote so much about it because he craved a clear-cut war, in which the bad guys were evil and the good guys were good, and his book supplied such a war. I think this is an adequate explanation, since otherwise the book would almost seem to support war, or at least support it as an acceptable way to resolve conflict."
What do you think of this?
