TCG Letter #86 / Carpenter Letter #52

Tolkien reflects on the challenging and disheartening circumstances of the time, including the impact of war, propaganda, and the bleak conditions of life. The letter expresses a glimmer of hope in the form of resistance, particularly the dynamiting of factories and power stations, seen as a form of patriotic defiance. He acknowledges the difficult era they were born into but finds solace in the love for what they hold dear.