Post by Goblinglow on Sept 14, 2004 19:50:12 GMT -5
This is based on no ones point of view really. It's just reflecting upon how different Men are in Middle-earth than any other race. There aren't any particular characters, but I still don't own LOTR.
It's All Their Fault
The Ring exists and it's all their fault; they chose a different path. They could have spared Middle-earth several major wars, but they chose to ignore the plights. Can they not see that what they did was wrong? Why don't they understand? Why do they choose darkness instead of the light? They have their own free wills. That is speaking in half-truth, not all of them are weak. There are quite a few who resisted, quite a few who chose the light. But they can choose which path they want to take; they can make their own demands. Why, for all the choices that lie at their feet, they choose the painful way? You cannot trust them; they are not worthy. They can turn their backs on you. They can pick and choose their trusted allies, but you cannot trust them in return. They have the tendency to defy, saying 'no' whenever they please. Why not all the beings in Middle-earth share in their inclination to select? Some are strong in mind and heart, some are cowardly and cruel, some are beautiful and nice...but not one can ever be pure.
How is it that they are so easily corrupted? Give in so easily to greed? I suppose, in a way, they truly do not possess their own free will. They cannot help it. They were made the way they are. They were not born pure, they were nothing before, and they were always only themselves.
Why can't they be more like the others? Pure and trusting and selfless? Because they were not made that way, can never be that way. And who knows if they ever will... If they see the chance to obtain riches and power, they seize it like second nature. Why must they be this way? Why don't they care for the more important things in life? You can see now, why in the creating of Middle-earth, they were given short life spans. They don't deserve to live long. Even the noblest humans can be corrupted; all they need to do is give in.
All the Dwarves and Men and Elves must fight, for the safety of Middle- earth. They must endure pain and death and sorrow, for the chance to save Middle-earth. They must suffer madness; they must suffer pain, and sorrow and gloomy days. They must bear the responsibility of saving everyone, the innocent must be dragged in...and it's all because of them.
They can be cruel as sin, yet as gentle as spring...but not a one of them is pure. They will always have a choice. They can always turn back. But who knows if ever they will choose to be something more than they are...they can not go back to what they once were, because everything they once were, they already are right now.
*Well that's that. What do you think? *
It's All Their Fault
The Ring exists and it's all their fault; they chose a different path. They could have spared Middle-earth several major wars, but they chose to ignore the plights. Can they not see that what they did was wrong? Why don't they understand? Why do they choose darkness instead of the light? They have their own free wills. That is speaking in half-truth, not all of them are weak. There are quite a few who resisted, quite a few who chose the light. But they can choose which path they want to take; they can make their own demands. Why, for all the choices that lie at their feet, they choose the painful way? You cannot trust them; they are not worthy. They can turn their backs on you. They can pick and choose their trusted allies, but you cannot trust them in return. They have the tendency to defy, saying 'no' whenever they please. Why not all the beings in Middle-earth share in their inclination to select? Some are strong in mind and heart, some are cowardly and cruel, some are beautiful and nice...but not one can ever be pure.
How is it that they are so easily corrupted? Give in so easily to greed? I suppose, in a way, they truly do not possess their own free will. They cannot help it. They were made the way they are. They were not born pure, they were nothing before, and they were always only themselves.
Why can't they be more like the others? Pure and trusting and selfless? Because they were not made that way, can never be that way. And who knows if they ever will... If they see the chance to obtain riches and power, they seize it like second nature. Why must they be this way? Why don't they care for the more important things in life? You can see now, why in the creating of Middle-earth, they were given short life spans. They don't deserve to live long. Even the noblest humans can be corrupted; all they need to do is give in.
All the Dwarves and Men and Elves must fight, for the safety of Middle- earth. They must endure pain and death and sorrow, for the chance to save Middle-earth. They must suffer madness; they must suffer pain, and sorrow and gloomy days. They must bear the responsibility of saving everyone, the innocent must be dragged in...and it's all because of them.
They can be cruel as sin, yet as gentle as spring...but not a one of them is pure. They will always have a choice. They can always turn back. But who knows if ever they will choose to be something more than they are...they can not go back to what they once were, because everything they once were, they already are right now.
*Well that's that. What do you think? *
