Stone-Giants - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lush · 03-31-2002, 03:34 PM

Did my musings on the storm in The Hobbit bring this question about, Mho? I was actually going to post an identical thread regarding the giants, but you did it first.
I guess the giants are those creatures that pop up mysteriously, and are never seen again, leaving us to scratch our heads. Tolkien seems like an author who enjoyed prompting head-scratching, and shrugging. I think he wanted us to savor mystery.
The clearest example of that is Tom, but the giants certainly qualify!
*Lush goes off scratching her head, and whistling to herself*

[ March 31, 2002: Message edited by: Lush ]

03-31-2002, 03:34 PM	#4
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Did my musings on the storm in The Hobbit bring this question about, Mho? I was actually going to post an identical thread regarding the giants, but you did it first. I guess the giants are those creatures that pop up mysteriously, and are never seen again, leaving us to scratch our heads. Tolkien seems like an author who enjoyed prompting head-scratching, and shrugging. I think he wanted us to savor mystery. The clearest example of that is Tom, but the giants certainly qualify! Lush goes off scratching her head, and whistling to herself [ March 31, 2002: Message edited by: Lush ] __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

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