Tolkien & the Great War - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 11-12-2003, 03:32 AM

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It doesn't go into depth on Sea Bell/Looney, but the general point you make is one that has been pointed by others -Flieger, Shippey.
I think Frodo's statement about there being no going back reflects the same feeling Tolkien must have felt about coming back to Oxford, with so many of his generation of students lost - they had a far higher death rate, even than the rank & file, as they tended to become oficers, who lead from the front.

11-12-2003, 03:32 AM	#12
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Child It doesn't go into depth on Sea Bell/Looney, but the general point you make is one that has been pointed by others -Flieger, Shippey. I think Frodo's statement about there being no going back reflects the same feeling Tolkien must have felt about coming back to Oxford, with so many of his generation of students lost - they had a far higher death rate, even than the rank & file, as they tended to become oficers, who lead from the front. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

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