In three recent posts, I have been discussing Gandalf's words at the end of The Hobbit: 'You don’t really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit?" As I was copying the passage out into my Tolkien Commonplace Book, I thought to myself that... Continue Reading →
In my last two posts, I have been discussing Gandalf's words at the end of The Hobbit: 'You don’t really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit?" I have focused so far on the words managed by mere luck and suggested that luck... Continue Reading →
In my previous post, I discussed a possible interpretation of Gandalf's words to Bilbo at the end of The Hobbit: "You don’t really suppose, do you, that all your adventure and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit?" In that post, I argued that Gandalf was here referring the higher idea... Continue Reading →
Something Tookish 