On 06/01/2013 8:09 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Elves are cheerie and brat-like in the book, even Elrond!  The dwarves are
> barely disguised stereotyped jews in their traits, including greed and
> cowardice.  Their funny names are written with kids in mind.  And a hobbit hole
> is teasing children about rabbits and then entirely introducing them to a new
> concept.
>
> It was written for kids.

I have read, many moons ago, that the story was originality told to his 
children. He then formalised it into "The Hobbit..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#Publications

One sign of a good children's book is that it can be read by adults and 
has several levels. Children hear/read the uppermost level while adults 
can understand the inferences. Speaking of which I think that you are 
wrong thinking that Dwarves are a metaphor for Jews. Dwarves in Nordic 
and Germanic mythology are as he describes them. That comes from a time 
before Christianity came to Northern Europe.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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