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World War 1 had a massive effect on him. My grandfather who served in WWI aged 16 or 17. He saw things he couldn't unsee, and wasn't what you would ever call
by DrBazza 4y ago
World War 1 had a massive effect on him. My grandfather who served in WWI aged 16 or 17. He saw things he couldn't unsee, and wasn't what you would ever call "cheerful". That generation had a very different world view.
- arethuza 4y agoTolkien write about Sam: "My ‘Sam Gamgee’ is indeed a reflexion of the English soldier, of the privates and batmen I knew in the 1914 war, and recognized as so far superior to myself." https://johngarth.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/sam-gamgee-and-tolkiens-batmen/ https://johngarth.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/sam-gamgee-and-to...