March 12, 2003

Diversity
Mithril Miner

I have seen several posts on this sight concerning diversity in Tolkien's works. This is clearly not the case, considering the extent that Tolkien went to keep them different.

The first example is in the Silmarillion when the People of Beleriand didn't unite in the Fifth Battle to destroy Melkor. It even said that if the men, dwarves, and different elves had all united they would have defeated Morgoth. But they didn't, and a massacre incured.

The second is also in the Silmarillion: the elves and men united in the Last Alliance to throw down Sauron, and succeeded (admittidly not from sure size, but it definitely helped).

The third example is when Sam sees the man from the south dead on the ground and wonders why he was there, and how he had been tricked into joining Sauron, and if he really had a choice in the matter.

And finally there is the Alliance of Elrond's sons and King Elessar in ROTK. They come together, and kill many orcs and evil men.

As you can plainly see, Tolkien wasn't racist:he was the exact opposite!

See ya'll later!