A very brief post here about the famed argument against J.R.R Tolkien's stories, about the Eagles and why they cannot simply fly our heroes across the huge tracks of land and end the adventure immediately.
Firstly, the Eagles are aloof, perhaps even more so than Elves and only help when they feel like it. But secondly I have a passage from The Hobbit itself:
"As Bilbo listened to the talk of Gandalf he realised that at last they were going to escape really and truly from the dreadful mountains. He was discussing plans with the Great Eagle for carrying the dwarves and himself and Bilbo far away and setting them down well on their journey across the plains below.
"The Lord of the Eagles would not take them anywhere near where men lived. 'They would shoot at us with their great bows of yew,' he said, 'for they would think we were after their sheep. And at other times they would be right. No! We are glad to cheat the Goblins of their sport, and glad to repay our thanks to you, but we will not risk ourselves for dwarves in the southward plains.' "
So there you go, the Eagle argument simply explained away. I am not sure if in Lord of the Rings this is given explanation, I cannot recall, but I am sure there this something.
Just for all you smarty-pants out there!
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