HODL on Nostr: "The central theme of the book is the contrast between the Hobbits (or "the Shire") ...

"The central theme of the book is the contrast between the Hobbits (or "the Shire") and the appalling destiny to which some of them are called, the terrifying discovery that the humdrum happiness of the Shire, which they had taken for granted as something normal, is in reality a sort of local and temporary accident, that its existence depends on being protected by powers which Hobbits forget, against powers which Hobbits dare not imagine."

-CS Lewis, close friend of JRR Tolkien