The Style of Book VI

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Brilliant post. You bring up an excellent point- there was a lot of repetition. I almost think it was to draw us more into the story. It mimics everything that happens in the book- day after day, they have nothing new: no new food, drink, surroundings; it's miserable. The style that Tolkien used makes you feel empathetic, sort of. It's the end of the world as they know it, and they can't even leave it happily, as they think. I think it's brilliant the way Tolkien wrote the end of the journey. It mimics our own real history with so many repetitions. Then, as you said, at the beginning of the New Age, everything renewed itself. New relationships, new actions, new kingdoms. A great use of foil.