YOUR Problem(s) With Tolkien's Books - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elendur · 08-27-2002, 08:51 PM

I didnt like how Eowyn used older speech. That is the best I can explain it. She would say things like Thee and other old speech words. I know why Tolkien did this to represent that she was using a higher/nobler type of speech, but I still didnt like it.

And, maybe I am alone in this, but I got a little bored when there would be 3 long paragraphs describing places they were in. This happened only in FOTR that I remember. It seemed like for a long row of chapters there was alot of place description. I like to read more about characters and their interaction and what will be happening, so I would get impatient with Tolkiens inspired landscape descriptions. But, like I said, this only happened in FOTR and in all of his other writing that I have read I like the land descriptions. They are an important part of the book, but too much is bad for me.

[ August 27, 2002: Message edited by: Elendur ]

08-27-2002, 08:51 PM	#6
Elendur Wight Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Arnor Posts: 200	I didnt like how Eowyn used older speech. That is the best I can explain it. She would say things like Thee and other old speech words. I know why Tolkien did this to represent that she was using a higher/nobler type of speech, but I still didnt like it. And, maybe I am alone in this, but I got a little bored when there would be 3 long paragraphs describing places they were in. This happened only in FOTR that I remember. It seemed like for a long row of chapters there was alot of place description. I like to read more about characters and their interaction and what will be happening, so I would get impatient with Tolkiens inspired landscape descriptions. But, like I said, this only happened in FOTR and in all of his other writing that I have read I like the land descriptions. They are an important part of the book, but too much is bad for me. [ August 27, 2002: Message edited by: Elendur ] __________________ Son of Isildur.