threelonmusketeers to Lord of the [email protected]English • 25 days agoA Took and a Brandybucksh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down111
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minus-square@TheGrandNaguslinkEnglish28•edit-225 days agoThe trees were not a metaphor for the US. Tolkien repeatedly stated he actively avoided using allegory in LOTR. Besides, if anything it was the common “nature getting revenge for what we’ve done to it” trope.
The trees were not a metaphor for the US. Tolkien repeatedly stated he actively avoided using allegory in LOTR.
Besides, if anything it was the common “nature getting revenge for what we’ve done to it” trope.