>He contributed exactly nothing to the story. Or, did you just not understand what he contributed? Why was Tom Bombadil invulnerable to the ring's power? Why

>He contributed exactly nothing to the story. Or, did you just not understand what he contributed? Why was Tom Bombadil invulnerable to the ring's power? Why was he not tempted by it? If you can't cogently answer that, I feel like you've probably just not yet understood what Tolkein was trying to represent.