Dumbing down the Books

[Eurytus]

One of the main themes of the story is the CHANGE to the hobbits, what they have gone through and how they have grown. They were little more than adolescents when the book starts. Through the events of the War of the Ring we see them develop into adults. We can clearly see this in the Scouring of the Shire when they take control of the situation and defeat Saruman. They have been totally affected by the situations that unfolded in the book. How can you categorically state that their style of writing and language did not change? They spent 2 months in Rivendell, 1 month in Lorien, they spent time with the people of Gondor and Rohan, rubbed shoulders with the Great of these lands - how could they NOT be affected by this?
No, but I can see his descendants doing this. Written history is always being updated as we move forward in time, is it not? I have a set of Britannica on a shelf next to me here. It explains many of the same situations it did 100 years ago, but is very different to the original.

I cannot believe I am still having to retread the same ground again and again. As to these two contradictory points.

1. You used the latter point to justify the change in tone in an earlier post.
2. you now state in the first point that the tone changes because the Hobbits themselves changed.

How do these two posts tie together. Sam’s descendants haven’t changed have they?

Besides which the fact the Hobbits change is totally and utterly irrelevant. I repeat, they are not writing this book as a travelogue. It is not being ‘written on the road’.
Evidence and plain logic indicates that Frodo wrote the whole thing when he returned and therefore there is NO reason for the change in tone at all.

And if you find this “If you do not view it with a critical eye how can you explore its intricacies?” insulting then I have to conclude that you are too thin-skinned for your own good. Indeed since I have kept this discussion on the level from day one and have kept emotion out of it I find being accused of insulting people in itself insulting.