<font color=bronze>Well, at first I was confused because I didn't quite understand where the ships were taking them. My friend told me it was a metaphor for death, but then I read The Silmarillion and I learned the truth.
I still find it heartbreaking that Frodo and the others left Middle Earth to a place the most cannot visit.
By the end of the book you become so attached to the characters that you don't want to see them leave either.
Then, you go and read the appendixes which mentions the deaths of all who remained in Middle Earth, and that is depressing. It is quite heartbreaking overall.
I, too, was mad at first because I didn't know what was going on. Now, it makes me really sad. The Lord of the Rings is one of the only books I have read that truly affected me emotionally in such a strong manner.
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