> I rather like old Tom. I admit it's hard to see just how he fits into > things, 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. 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.
Bob Z But what the hell is he? Is he a human or elf or what? I know this is silly but within the context of the books I knew what elves dwarfs men hobbits ents orcs and trols were. But what the hell was Tom and for that matter what are wizzards?
