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Nogrod · 06-16-2008, 05:10 PM

I looked at the book and made some counting for the lines different characters have... and am suggesting a new idea.

Let's take first an excerpt that begins from where I suggested (p.298) and read it through to page 305, ending with Gandalf's line "But we must not use the wood - not unless it is a choice between fire and death".

There the story changes quite remarkably as then the getting forwards gets actually tough and the snow starts to fall etc...

And taking a few pages more we'd get everyone speaking at least a few lines.

My count of lines for every character from the end of 298 to the halfway of 305 is as follows:
(short = 1 to 2 rows, medium = from about 3 to 10 rows, long = more than that)

Gandalf - 10 med. + 5 short
Aragorn - 4 med. + 5 short

Gimli - 1 long + 1 short
Legolas - 1 medium
Boromir - 1 medium

Frodo - 2 short
Sam - 1 med. + 2 short
Pip - 4 short
Merry - 2 short

The narrator - about 2½ pages

So unfortunately those roles we're most unsure of are the ones that have the most to do...

So a Gandalf and an Aragorn?

Any ideas?

06-16-2008, 05:10 PM	#5
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	I looked at the book and made some counting for the lines different characters have... and am suggesting a new idea. Let's take first an excerpt that begins from where I suggested (p.298) and read it through to page 305, ending with Gandalf's line "But we must not use the wood - not unless it is a choice between fire and death". There the story changes quite remarkably as then the getting forwards gets actually tough and the snow starts to fall etc... And taking a few pages more we'd get everyone speaking at least a few lines. My count of lines for every character from the end of 298 to the halfway of 305 is as follows: (short = 1 to 2 rows, medium = from about 3 to 10 rows, long = more than that) Gandalf - 10 med. + 5 short Aragorn - 4 med. + 5 short Gimli - 1 long + 1 short Legolas - 1 medium Boromir - 1 medium Frodo - 2 short Sam - 1 med. + 2 short Pip - 4 short Merry - 2 short The narrator - about 2½ pages So unfortunately those roles we're most unsure of are the ones that have the most to do... So a Gandalf and an Aragorn? Any ideas? __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...