Unlikely Heroes: Why the Powerless Saved Middle-earth | Tolkien Reading Day 2026
Happy Tolkien Reading Day 2026! On March 25 -- the date Tolkien chose for the destruction of the One Ring -- we celebrate the unlikely heroes who saved Middle-earth.Why did Tolkien make hobbits -- not warriors or wizards -- the saviors of his world? The answer lies in what he called the most moving theme in the world: the elevation of the humble. The One Ring corrupts through ambition, making the powerful uniquely vulnerable and the powerless uniquely qualified. Isildur, Boromir, Saruman, and Denethor all fall because of their strength, never despite it.This Tolkien Reading Day deep dive…
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