travelling north

John Watkins · 07 Jun 2010, 18:07 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: john.watkins04 at gmail.com (John Watkins)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:07:10 -0400
Subject: (urth) travelling north
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Maybe they represented Romans!  Or Germans!

It makes perfect sense for Tolkien to equate American military might with
the servants of Manwe.  I mean, he completely approved of all actions taken
by the Allies during the wars.

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com>wrote:

> From: Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>
>
>
> >>And Tolkien would weep a silent tear to see his work called
> "allegorical."
>
> >Hmph, then he shouldn't have had created all those bad guys as
> >dark-skinned guys from south and east riding elephants.
>
> Only the guys from the south ride elephants.  The humans from the east
> aren't described as dark-skinned, as I recall.  Maybe you're talking about
> the orcs, though.
>
> >Nor should
> >he have allowed "eagles" to save the day at the end of his two big
> >(hobbit-involved) wars.
>
> If people have suggested that the eagles represent the United States,
> that's just horrible.  I'm not going to dispute that the eagles might have
> led people into such interpretations, though.
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
>
>
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