An even more pointed example might be Sam's dash to Anduin and flinging of himself into the river to make sure Frodo doesn't leave without him.
Sam's feelings and motivations usually seem more pure and undiluted -- just somehow less complex -- than those of most of the other characters, and his mixed motivations of altruism and selfishness, merging together in love, are right out there on his sleeve in the final scene of FotR.
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