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Since I put newbie info. here I decided to change it up and add something that... actually deals with LOTR. I have started reading the trilogy 4 times... each time I have finished the first book but I have never got through all three. Right now i'm polishing off the Fellowship for the 4th time! and WILL actually get through the three.

ON TO MY POINT:

I find it funny how after the Hobbit I felt some distain towards the Elves as they seemed somewhat rude capturing the Dwarves, but also the Kings lust for jewels (as I recall) was much like that of the Dwarves. In the LOTR we see different Elven towns (Rivendell and Lothlorien) both of which don't seem to have any strive for wealth at all.

Does anyone out there think that this character difference was a drastic change by Tolkien from the Hobbit to when he wrote the LOTR?

Did he change the nature of Elves to accomodate LOTR?