The Hero of Lord of the Rings

[Estella Brandybuck]

not the success of the quest, but the story as a whole - as a literary work, that's what I mean by the hero

Oh! *blushes* Whoops... sorry. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] In that case... yes, my choice is still Sam, for the same reasons I posted before.

By the way, I really liked your essay.

He is indubitably a small gardener, not heroic by nature, but in his very humbleness he is a prime candidate for the focus of Tolkien’s story.

I agree, his humbleness is one of the things that makes him such a great character (in my opinion). I mean, even after he's come back from Mordor and is proclaimed a hero, he's still modest (from what I recall). And he is by no means perfect, which I feel makes him even more interesting a character.

[ June 11, 2003: Message edited by: Estella Brandybuck ]