Passing over the sea

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

I felt like discussing why the elves pass over to the West when they get weary of Middle-earth. This topic is pretty close to it, right? Well, I didn't want to start another topic though, so I decided to post in this one. Hope it's all right.

Yesterday I was reading some book, and I kept trying to hurry myself. I wanted to finally reach the end and know what things were going to end up like. (And I don't mean that I rushed through it and barely caught a word, I just read it quicker than I would normally have. And yes, all of this does have a point [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) But when I finally reached the end I was a little sad. I love reading, and since that was a good book, I was sad that I was done with it and I didn't want to have finished the book yet. But while reading it, I wanted to find out the ending and I wanted to get through it. Maybe that's how the elves thought of Aman and Middle-earth. I'll use Galadriel as an example. She loved Aman, when as time wore on, she wanted to be somewhere different (and rule her own realm). Then while she was in Middle-earth and time wore on, she wanted to go back to the Blessed realm because she was weary of Middle-earth.

So, any opinions? Do you also think the same when your reading a good book, or am I the only person who does (and who also is the only one who understands! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )