Not to mention that Frodo doesn't return "home", he goes off to the Valar to join Bilbo and the Elves...
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Indy Ref 2 would seem to back up your thesis!
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Ha yes. Even Tolkien, with his deep love for the William Morris fantasy of Olde England, understood that much.
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Lord of the Rings is also fundamentally a story about isolated, almost nationalist groups admitting they need to work together
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people forget Sharkey all too often
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umm, scouring of The Shire, anyone?
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Also, it's a work of, you know, FICTION, populated by species of humanoids that don't actually exist.
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And the elves leave. And eventually King Aragon wearies of life.
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that's explicit in the final scenes. they world has entered the Age of Men. no place for elves and hobbits...
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To literalize the metaphors here, Moore is asking for a return to pre-WWI Britain and its social order. Which is gross.
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