I was given brand new hardback editions of the Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion by my GodParents at the age of 12...I have read them once a year ever since...
Favorite Tolkien character:
Aragorn son of Arathorn...because he, from his humblest of lives and recent family history, becomes the greatest King of Numenor...like the Elves, Aragorn endures the "Long Defeat" with sadness, but with integrity, honour, and tenacity...he continues to fight against despair, when all others would have long ago succumbed to its effects...
He purely exemplifies the glory of Numenor...the strength and passion of men, while possessing the intellect and skill of the Elves...in an age of waning, he recalls the past glory of men...Beren, Hurin, Turin, Huor, Tuor, Elros, Elindil, Isuldur, Anarion...he has the power, the intellect and the grace of all those aforementioned, and yet of them, he alone possesses the humility to reject ultimate power and therefore ultimately win...
Aragorn becomes the single greatest character in the anals of Middle Earth...
