You have all made very good points. I'm just a freshman in highschool, and I'm no Gandalf the Grey, but I do realize that I do contradict myself. And I do look for allegorical/metaphorical symbols when I read. It does help me understand God a little better. I didn't mean that Tolkein made his books as a
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but I do find my own metaphors in the books. Maybe that's just what I look for when I read. But could someone explain to me how LotR compares to WWII? I'm confused. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]