JRR Tolkien possesses a writing style that is so simple and sensitive. His characters are easy to love because they have such dignity and perseverance and discipline. When Eomer could've just let his sword fall and given in to utter despair when the corsair ships came in, he didn't. He fought on. It's quiet little moments like that when you can feel the character breathing and can sense his/her humanity and hope, or lack thereof that make Tolkien's works so eternal and universal.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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