I think you are too sophisticated a thinker to believe that:
If you want to use the theory of deconstruction to analyze LotR, you can
show how the internal logic of LotR breaks down, until it becomes so
inconsistent that Tolkien's fantasy is no longer believable. This is
rather simple. Since everything in Tolkien's world comes from Eru,
including evil, then how can Eru be good? There is no logical answer to
that question. You either accept Eru's goodness on faith, or you don't,
and fall back on the meaninglessness of life.
takes into account anything I said in, for example, my "coffee" post in Takeo's
"Beautifully said" sub-sub threat in drogo_drogo's "evil in the Shire"
sub-thread." I'm still digesting Takeo's response to that, and would love
to know what you think about it as well, other than deconstruction is a bad
idea.
And I also think you are too sophisticated a thinker to disagree so strongly
with a question, which is why I think you are responding to the answers,
including
mine.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Marx
