But I kept him in, and as he was, because he represents certain things otherwise left out. In historical fact I put him in because I had already ‘invented’ him independently (he first appeared in the Oxford Magazine) and wanted an ‘adventure’ on the way. But many have found him an odd or indeed discordant ingredient. “I don’t think Tom needs philosophizing about, and is not improved by it. In one such letter to Peter Hastings he says in part, Tolkien wrote a few times about his character, especially in letters to those who asked. The answer is revealed below at last from the Brotherhood Workshop! When he didn’t make the cut in the movies, despite not being central to the plot, many fans objected and wondered why. Tom Bombadil has always been the most enigmatic of characters in the writings of J.R.R.
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