it's a story!

yes though i do see the things in it saying about man's lust for power, his greed and his love for the earth is being destroyed by technology and suchlike, and evil of such will henceforth destroy the earth.

in which case, tolkein wrote something that all tree huggers can relate to.

our own greed will destroy us all. the lust for power.

what's that phrase...

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

all books, all stories, everything can be viewed in a different way. trying to work out the reason and the why and the wherefore is something else that makes us human. analyze things. i myself haven't read the books for years, and never finished reading the silmarillion. but yeah, i see it among other things, as having a message about humans and the world. nature, mild mannered creatures and the persuit of power and domination. of which will destroy us and the world we live in.