On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >but it's interesting that to him the Ring is an almost-meaningless > >trinket which holds no power over him--has no effect on him at all, > >really. > > > Which is one hint about his nature :-)
But not much of one, unless he's Illuvatar incarnate or something. > >And then, at the end, Gandalf says something about it being time > >to pay old Tom Bombadil a visit. He seems to symbolize that the division > >of life into good and evil is artificial somehow, and temporary. > > > Ah, but this is *not* what he represents. He's obviously one of the > "good guys". So...what is he? Marvin Long Austin, Texas
