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Originally posted by Kimmykim
But what about the claims that Tolkien was using the so-called fantasy realm to thinly veil his rascism among other things?
I love the books, but they certainly have as much of a pro and con following as Rand's do.
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Ironically, I've read those claims, though I've never read Tolkien myself. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to represent "Evil" in a book (or a movie, for that matter) without giving it some sort of embodiment -- and those embodiments, for the author's inability to invest the actions and effects of "Evil" with any sympathetic justification, inevitably resemble DUMB, CRUDE BRUTES. And we certainly know where that takes you. Do you think that racist terms like "Slopes" or "Ragheads" enter the conversational lexicon during war times by accident?
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PS: I'm gald this thread is here for you. Looks like you've been having a rough day.