> In his world it is usually not hard to know what it is the right thing to do, bit it can be very hard to do it. Yes, that is indeed one of the major themes

> In his world it is usually not hard to know what it is the right thing to do, bit it can be very hard to do it. Yes, that is indeed one of the major themes of the book. Related to that, I love how Gandalf says (quoting from memory here, might not be word-perfect): "We cannot choose which times we live in, but we can choose what do with the times that are given us."