Missing Fingers

[Gayalondiel]

Originally posted by Elven-Maiden:
<STRONG>I had really hoped though, that Gollum would've turned good in the end. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Oh well!, I guess Tolkien knew best.</STRONG>

I don't think Gollum could have turned good. He was so bound up by the power of the ring that, much like sauron, he would probably have died even if he'd been elsewhere when it was destroyed. And even if he had turned good, he'd probably have died anyway. I don't imagine many people, try as they might, would be able to accept him into their lives. And you can't leave loose threads like that at the end of a book... killing him off was really the only way to give Gollum any sense of peace. Look at it this way, now he's free from the power of the ring. And presumably, If he was once from a hobbit-like race, and hobbits die like men, he's gone on to a far better place. (Aww) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]