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not the success of the quest, but the story as a whole - as a literary work, that's what I mean by the hero
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Oh! *blushes* Whoops... sorry. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] In that case... yes, my choice is still Sam, for the same reasons I posted before.
By the way, I really liked your essay.
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He is indubitably a small gardener, not heroic by nature, but in his very humbleness he is a prime candidate for the focus of Tolkien’s story.
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I agree, his humbleness is one of the things that makes him such a great character (in my opinion). I mean, even after he's come back from Mordor and is proclaimed a hero, he's still modest (from what I recall). And he is by no means perfect, which I feel makes him even more interesting a character.
[ June 11, 2003: Message edited by: Estella Brandybuck ]
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