Posted on 03/15/2002 6:54:33 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
'Morning, Longshanks!' he said. 'Off early? Found some friends at last?' Strider nodded, but did not answer.
This takes me back to the scene in the inn with Strider.
'But I must admit,' he added with a queer laugh, 'that I hoped you would take to me for my own sake. A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship. But there, I believe my looks are against me.'
Knowing Strider and the whole story, this just breaks my heart.
Yes it does! I wish the movie hadn't changed that, especially since they didn't do the barrow downs part. The movie audience never got to see much of Frodo being "made of sterner stuff."
'Morning, Longshanks!' he said. 'Off early? Found some friends at last?' Strider nodded, but did not answer.I like this part:
Sam turned quickly. 'And you, Ferny,' he said, 'put your ugly face out of sight, or it will get hurt.' With a sudden flick, quick as lightning, an apple left his hand and hit Bill square on the nose. He ducked too late, and curses came from behind the hedge. 'Waste of a good apple,' said Sam regretfully, and strode on.
Yes! Our hobbits really come through in a pinch.
Heh, heh, you gotta love Sam. ;^)
-Kevin
am turned quickly. 'And you, Ferny,' he said, 'put your ugly face out of sight, or it will get hurt.' With a sudden flick, quick as lightning, an apple left his hand and hit Bill square on the nose. He ducked too late, and curses came from behind the hedge. 'Waste of a good apple,' said Sam regretfully, and strode on.
It would seem that Sam got over his dread of the big people rather quickly.
I wonder if the proximity of Strider and his sword had anything to do with that? ;^)
-Kevin
uh-oh, getting ahead of the story again...back to Tooks' corner
'....And you, Sammie, don't go ill-treating my poor old pony! Pah!' He spat again.Then Sam pops him with the apple. This ties in with the prologue's Concerning Hobbits
If any Hobbit stooped for a stone, it was well to get quickly under cover, as all tresspassing beasts knew very wellBill Ferny must be a slow learner.
'Not a "short cut", I hope,' said Pippin. 'Our last short cut through woods nearly ended in disaster.'But they follow Strider's lead pretty much without complaint. Okay...there were the Neekbreekers in the marsh, but Strider warned them about that. Every time Frodo wakes up during the night, there is Strider alert and keeping watch...even when it isn't his turn.
[As an aside, Frodo is eager to meet Gandalf before they get to Rivendell: "But surely we were hoping to find Gandalf there?" Does anyone else think that Frodo says this because he'd rather rely on his old friend rather than trust someone he's known for only a short while?]
At Weathertop after Frodo's been stabbed:
Strider ordered them to pick him up and lay him near the fire, and then he disappeared. That was now a good while ago.After Weathertop, the hobbits "pull together" with Strider for Frodo's sake:Sam plainly was beginning to have doubts again about Strider; but while they were talking he returned, appearing suddenly out of the shadows. They started, and Sam drew his sword and stood over Frodo; but Strider knelt down swiftly at his side.
'I am not a Black rider, Sam,' he said gently,'nor in league with them.'
'What is the matter with my master?' asked Sam in a low voice, looking appealingly at Strider. 'His wound was small, and it is already closed. There's nothing to be seen but a cold white mark on his shoulder.''Frodo has been touched by the weapons of the Enemy,' said Strider, 'and there is some poison or evil at work that is beyond my skill to drive out. But do not give up hope, Sam!'
I think Frodo had pretty well thrown in his lot with Strider, but still worried that Gandalf hadn't shown and certainly missed his guidance and wisdom. I don't know if he, like Sam, continued to harbor lingering doubts about Strider.
That's sure to be right.
Didn't you think, in the movie, that when they saw the black riders walking below the weathertop that they should have spotted them from farther away? In the book, I got the impression that they first noticed them at a much greater distance. It was a spooky and frightening image, though, of them all walking up.
Which "notice event" in the book is it? There's the one in daylight where Merry, Frodo, and Strider see the BR's on the road from the top of Weathertop. In the movie the one time they spot them is at night. Also, in the book I got the impression that they "felt" them before they saw them.
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