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The New Hobbit Hole
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands
It'll probably wait until tomorrow morning, when I'm off running errands... < /whine >
To: Corin Stormhands
Oh! Now I'm crying! Gonna get my medicine, er...tea!
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Or while I'm standing out in the field!
To: Corin Stormhands
Yeah, I get choked up there every time. He is SUCH a sweetheart!
Sigh!
To: 2Jedismom
Yeah, that line always makes me tear up!
To: Corin Stormhands
Well, and it's the whole point of Tolkien's story. So many give all they have.
To: 2Jedismom
Not many of us could measure up.
To: Corin Stormhands
But like Hair says...we want to hope we could...
To: 2Jedismom
I'm drinking chamomile...hope that helps!
To: RosieCotton
My water is heating up...
To: RosieCotton; 2Jedismom; carton253
I agree with you about Sam. Sam is the closest thing to perfect in the whole story, I think. He is ultimately the real hero that bridges the darkest chasm (when Frodo is thought dead, then carried off by the orcs, etc.). But it is the wonderful genius of Tolkien that his characters work together in a complex synergy, with all of the characters, especially Frodo, Sam, and Gollum necessarily playing their various crucial parts (as touching the Ring) at different times....
I guess what I'm trying to say is, without Frodo, Sam, and Gollum, acting in exactly the way they did (with all the complex interplay), there wouldn't have been produced the desired result of the destruction of the Ring....
To: 2Jedismom
we want to hope we could... Yes, and I think that's why the story is so inspiring. We want to be like these people. We want to have their characteristics.
Well, except for some of them...
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
Yes...I agree. Sam is the closest to perfect. His heart is pure, his brain is sharp (although he has been told so frequently that it isn't that he doesn't realize it) and he's physically strong and emotionally grounded. There's black and white in Sam's world.
To: RosieCotton
Actually, I find these discussions very relaxing. It's soothing to "talk about it" and nerve-wracking to have all this enthusiasm pent up with no one to discuss it with.
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic; carton253; ksen; 2Jedismom; RosieCotton
I guess what I'm trying to say is, without Frodo, Sam, and Gollum, acting in exactly the way they did (with all the complex interplay), there wouldn't have been produced the desired result of the destruction of the Ring.... And that show's Tolkien's genius to craft that story.
In another "story" we find the despised characters of Pilate and Judas, and yet we know they had their parts to play for the story to be complete.
To: 2Jedismom
Actually, I find these discussions very relaxing. You're making me think I should be drinking tea in the evenings...
To: Corin Stormhands
We want to be the good actors on this stage of life, the ones who by faithful persistence in doing good, come to the end knowing we did our best... Just like Sam and Frodo, and Merry and Pippin, and all the rest for that matter... Everyone had their part to play....
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
talk amongst yourselves for awhile....I'm feeling fehklempt....
To: 2Jedismom; Corin Stormhands; rightwingreligiousfanatic
All this stuff about Sam....I definitely need my medicine. Is he wonderful or WHAT?
To: Corin Stormhands
That chamomile did a good job. I really slept soundly last night, after 2 cups of it.
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