Authentic Life vs. Mechanical Life In the Hobbit Authentic Life and Mechanical Life can be seen in the Hobbits and the Black Riders. The reason being because the hobbits are such an authentic and valuable life source; because they seem to be extremely noble and happy in their everyday lives. The Black riders on the other hand are apart of the mechanical society because throughout their search for Frodo and "the one ring to rule …
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…You may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of the Lord of the Rings." The way that I see this quotation pertaining to the hobbit is because it shows how the book is of authencity and mechanicalism by saying "nothing that happens to man is ever natural" that may be true in some cases but with frodo and bilbo the ring chose them and took them on their journey's.