Ohh, a lovely little thread here!
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I think that he fails, as did Niphredil Baggins in her first attempt in her castle, in that the details are all mundane. But is that not so of the Shire, too? What's different? I need to think about this some more, but I'm stuck and wouldn't mind some feedback. Okay?
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Hmmm. Okay, imagine on your first day of school, you're faced with all kinds of tall, intellegent people, and you feel very out of place. You can't find your class, but you do find someone else your age- and in his simplicty and likeness to you he's also the most interesting person there.
That is to say, Hobbits were so fascinating *because* of their simplicty in view of all the other majestic creatures. Noble Aragorn, powerful Gandalf, the Elves in thier 'holiness'... It is almost hard to relate to these people because you can't really compare yourself to them. You can, however, compare yourself to the Hobbits. In all the wonder of a Victorian castle, the old frumpy chair might be the only thing you think youself worty of sitting in- and though mundane, worthy of attention. The simplistic can be grand in view of unrelatable granduer.
Okay, I'm not sure if I'm even making sense to anyone other than me, so I'll leave it off here. Hopefully someone can find something of note to chew on in this very long rant!