On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Brad DeLong wrote:
> >one thing not mentioned in this discussion of THE LORD OF THE RINGS
> >is that the bad guys in Tolkein all seem to be dark or "swarthy,"
> >while the good guys are light or "fair."
>
> Dwarves are good guys. So are the hairy men of the
> woods--Ghan-Buri-Ghan and campany. And the ents... the ents are
> definitely non-Aryan mongrels...
>
> But in broad sweep you are right: it's somewhat creepy...
>
Even more telling are the regions the evil enemies reside in: The East and the South. Our heroes the Hobbits, in contrast, live in the innocent, bucolic North of Middle Earth.
Miles