Is the Hobbit about Zionism? - Dwarves are Jews

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

The Hobbit is about a group of dwarves who were kicked out of their homeland a long time ago who one day seek to reclaim their homeland with the help of a wizard and his Hobbit friend. Zionism is about a group of people who were kicked out of their homeland a long time ago who one day sought to reclaim their homeland with the help of Britain and their American friends.

 

[Absolutego]

Also like the Jews when the Dwarves reconquered their homeland they shortly thereafter got involved in a multi-front war with the locals who remained in the area instead of doing on diaspora.
But no, Tolkien fucking hated allegories.

 

[Daddy's Angry Juice]

But the dwarves actually provide a service for humanity and don't simply seek to destroy it. Good theory, needs a lot of work.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Dwarves also keep to themselves, it's not like they advocated for open borders everywhere except for the mountains, or destroying Hobbiton (et. al.) with usury.

 

[Thomas Talus]

Also like the Jews when the Dwarves reconquered their homeland they shortly thereafter got involved in a multi-front war with the locals who remained in the area instead of doing on diaspora.
But no, Tolkien fucking hated allegories.

The Hobbit was published almost a decade before Israel was founded, though.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

The Hobbit was published almost a decade before Israel was founded, though.

The idea was gaining popularity at the time since the Balfour Declaration. The 1930s were full of Jews trying to migrate to British Palestine as well as Zionist terrorists like the Irgun. Is it really too farfetched to believe Tolkien was inspired by these events given he portrayed the dwarves as Jews based on their language and love of gold?

 

[Executive Petrel]

R the orcs muzzies?

 

[Thomas Talus]

The idea was gaining popularity at the time since the Balfour Declaration. The 1930s were full of Jews trying to migrate to British Palestine as well as Zionist terrorists like the Irgun. Is it really too farfetched to believe Tolkien was inspired by these events given he portrayed the dwarves as Jews based on their language and love of gold?

I'm saying that he was unlikely to be directly referencing post-founding events ("they shortly thereafter got involved in a multi-front war with the locals").

 

[HodgePodgeRogerDodger]

Also like the Jews when the Dwarves reconquered their homeland they shortly thereafter got involved in a multi-front war with the locals who remained in the area instead of doing on diaspora.
But no, Tolkien fucking hated allegories.

The Dwarves are inspired Scots, Tolkien said this…


… they are also inspired by Jews and invented sign language when trying to fuck over humans and elves, much like Jewish traders in the Middle Ages.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

The Hobbit was published almost a decade before Israel was founded, though.

So Jews are human dwarves?

 

[Stigma Dey Real]

On one hand, they do manual labor, which jews don't.
On the other, they brought a demon into the world in trying to get more shiny metal, which is about right.

 

[stares at error messages]

Yes.

Why did you think they have hairy feet? It's so obvious.

 

[dick brain]

No it's about marriage. A guy puts on a ring and disappears.