![]() ![]() ![]() Such thoughts might drive someone else to despair – Frodo probably – but not Sam, who takes new strength from such thinking. It is no surprise then that the character thinks, in this desperate moment, of the Shire, of better days, of Rosie Cotton, the girl Sam is clearly in love with. Well, he has gone nearly as far as he can go now, and it seems he won’t be able to go home after all. Sam’s motivation for most of the quest has been a desire to go home, but he acknowledged way back in Lorien that this was only possible by going forward. ![]() His thoughts are less on himself, or Frodo, and more on all of the things he has left behind. Sam takes this knowledge well enough, but does leave himself with some room for remorse. Sam finally begins to think about things a little bit more and it is a depressing realisation: their current path is likely to be only one way, terminating permanently at the destination, not only because their supplies are nearly done, but because the mountain is probably going to kill them if the Ring is ever cast into it. The two hobbits hunker down for a while, contemplating, as the reader must, the final march on the volcano. Acting almost like a parent to a toddler with Frodo, who seems content to go in and out of these phases where he makes no effort to do anything at all. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |