I noticed a post...
on heroism over at Scattershot Direct (See the one dated "Sunday, June 29, 2003" ) . It was interesting, but I had a bit of a beef with her Tolkien criticism... and sent the e-mail which I am posting below (with her kind permission...) (WARNING: LORD OF THE RINGS SPOILERS !)
Subject: In defense of Aragorn and LOTR...
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:45:17 -0400
" King Elessar Telcontar did not rest on his laurels. He not only rebuilt Minas Tirith, he led the way in the resettlement of the entire North Kingdom (Arnor), established good relations with various formerly hostile neighbors like Harad, and fended off other hostile neighbors when necessary. No, he didn't defeat all evil, but neither can we.... Tolkien was a Catholic- he knew the true defeat of Evil in Middle-earth didn't happen until Calvary....
Besides, the true hero of the book, IMHO, is Samwise Gamgee- who spent his later years making the Shire a better place to live and raising 13 children ! He didn't 'sail off into the sunset' until after the death of his wife.... "
on heroism over at Scattershot Direct (See the one dated "Sunday, June 29, 2003" ) . It was interesting, but I had a bit of a beef with her Tolkien criticism... and sent the e-mail which I am posting below (with her kind permission...) (WARNING: LORD OF THE RINGS SPOILERS !)
Subject: In defense of Aragorn and LOTR...
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:45:17 -0400
" King Elessar Telcontar did not rest on his laurels. He not only rebuilt Minas Tirith, he led the way in the resettlement of the entire North Kingdom (Arnor), established good relations with various formerly hostile neighbors like Harad, and fended off other hostile neighbors when necessary. No, he didn't defeat all evil, but neither can we.... Tolkien was a Catholic- he knew the true defeat of Evil in Middle-earth didn't happen until Calvary....
Besides, the true hero of the book, IMHO, is Samwise Gamgee- who spent his later years making the Shire a better place to live and raising 13 children ! He didn't 'sail off into the sunset' until after the death of his wife.... "
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