Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: >http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/12/17/tolkien_brin/index.html >By now a familiar theme, but very well expressed -- it's been fun >watch it get refined over the last couple of years.
You know, I still hold fast to my belief that the good Doctor manages to spectacularly miss the point of LotR. It may be fun to watch the refinement of his concept, and it's an interesting analysis that I will probably reread in the coming days and give mroe thought to because of my respect for him, but I disagree with what I feel makes up the inner mechanism of his analysis. At its core, LotR is about the little guy standing up and doing what's right. Gandalf and Aragorn don't defeat Sauron. A hobbit does. Jim _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
