JRR Tolkien

Few people in history have as profound an effect on me that Mr Tolkien. 
I first discovered LOTR in my teens, and have read the thing at least once a year since (that’s 25+ times.  Not bad for a 1000 page epic.)  In fact I limit myself to reading it once a year, or else I would read it continually, and never get anything else done.

 On Hobbits:
Being not overly tall myself, I can associate with Bilbo, Frodo and friends and the crazy things they get up to.  One gets a sense that the hobbit tends to feel under-sized, under-skilled and basically inadequate to achieve anything much in Middle-Earth.  As a person it is easy to feel this way sometimes.  Any one who says otherwise is selling something.  Other than this, a being who loves to eat, sing and laugh is definitely someone I can appreciate.
One other thing you can pull out of LOTR is that people need each other.  Frodo ‘wouldn’t have got far without his Sam,’ and relies on him to get him through the quest.  Life is like that.  We need each other to travel the journey with, for wisdom or just for friendship.

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