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Aragorn_the_Ranger · 06-05-2002, 04:35 AM

We all know that Middle-Earth is a fictional place set in the “world” of Tolkien, though one thing is still uncertain to me. In The Hobbit JRR Tolkien makes this confusing statement at the beginning at the book. He is describing what a Hobbit is and then writes this “….They are (or were) a little people…” Is he stating that Hobbits and the whole of Middle-Earth, are of some connection with our world, or is he implying that they are of another world with no connection to our world at all.
Strange…….don’t you think?
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06-05-2002, 04:35 AM	#1
Aragorn_the_Ranger Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 70	Of Middle-Earth and it's relation to our world We all know that Middle-Earth is a fictional place set in the “world” of Tolkien, though one thing is still uncertain to me. In The Hobbit JRR Tolkien makes this confusing statement at the beginning at the book. He is describing what a Hobbit is and then writes this “….They are (or were) a little people…” Is he stating that Hobbits and the whole of Middle-Earth, are of some connection with our world, or is he implying that they are of another world with no connection to our world at all. Strange…….don’t you think? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]