The Significance of the Pumpkin
The huge, bright orange-colored pumpkin at the Green Dragon really stood out to me while re-viewing the movie today. Why was it there? I thought. Then it dawned on me - the pumpkin was there to show how little the four hobbits were honored in the Shire after their return home. They sat at a table alone, and all the others flocked around the other table to see and touch the pumpkin.<P>Isn't that just typical Shire for you?! Four hobbits have been away to save the world, and their fellow citizens are more interested in a large vegetable!<P>Just a detail, perhaps, but one that Peter Jackson did very well - it brings the point across visually, much better and faster than a thousand words of script could have done. Bravo!
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