Well, I like the characters better the way they ended (now I'm on "treason of Isengard" - fascinating - huh?
I thought one thing was interesting. Tolkien considered having Sam wrestle Gollum in the end and throw gollum and himself into the fire. So Sam-like - but it would have been the death of ME if Tolkien did that. Considering how much I cry at Frodo's "death" I don't know what I would do if sam died. And can you imagine home much psycho-therapy frodo would have to have when he got home!!!!!!!!!!! The poor guy would probably never speak again (provided he didn't just sit there and let himself be killed by the erupting volcano!)
He needed Sam!
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"Good bye, master, my dear! Forgive your Sam. He'll come back to this spot when the job's done - if he manages it." -TTT
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point - Lewis
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