User blog comment:SunflashtheAwesome/Who was Tom Bombadil?/@comment-4501794-20120402175557/@comment-4501794-20120402182820

Yes, it was almost as if Tolkien decided to put himself in the book. But remember, he shares quite a few similarities and traits with the God of Middle Earth. Could he be more of an idea than a real character? A symbol of peace maybe? It's hard to say....