Peony, having given it some more thought, I'm going to say: Frodo himself. I seemingly missed him the first nine times thru the book, when I focused on mostly men (Aragorn, Boromir, Faramir, Eomer.) And then Sam, of course, and I also enjoyed Merry and Pippin at times. But Frodo was the hardest one for me to enjoy or understand or appreciate.
Now everything revolves around him. The Grey Havens chapter used to wrench at me because of Sam's loss; now it's Frodo's loss that gets me. And I think that's because twenty years of life has gone by, and I see the applicability of his experiences, where before they were just a mystery.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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