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Orual · 12-11-2002, 09:45 PM

Welcome to the Downs, Thallassa! Enjoy being dead!

Tolkien was, if I remember rightly, very concerned about the coming of the industrial age. Just as Frodo was in love with the Shire, Tolkien was in love with rural England. It distressed him to see the natural aspects of his country slowly but surely infringed upon. He put that love of nature and concern for its safety into his works.

~*~Orual~*~

12-11-2002, 09:45 PM	#2
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	Welcome to the Downs, Thallassa! Enjoy being dead! Tolkien was, if I remember rightly, very concerned about the coming of the industrial age. Just as Frodo was in love with the Shire, Tolkien was in love with rural England. It distressed him to see the natural aspects of his country slowly but surely infringed upon. He put that love of nature and concern for its safety into his works. ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"