But be watchful, there’s something more to our Sam. ![]() Maybe there was a line of Took in Sam’s blood, or maybe he was just influenced by Bilbo as Pippin and Merry were. But it could possibly have been the same thing that drove Bilbo to have his adventure with the Dwarves. What drove Sam was never explained, and soon his love for Frodo would take over whatever selfish motives he had (I don’t mean ‘selfish’ in a nasty way). Tolkien argued in a 1964 letter that Sam only becomes paternal after Frodo is injured at Weathertop (and we’re not there yet). Sam is no ordinary Hobbit and he’s not simply following his master. And I’ll admit, I missed this the first few times I read it. Because of his nature, it’s easy to miss a lot of what Samwise Gamgee says. When I read this, it sort of took me by surprise. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me.”įrodo did not, but concluded that “Gandalf chose me a good companion. It isn’t to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want – I don’t right know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness but I know I can’t turn back. I don’t know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. But next I was reminded that there was something more.įrodo then asked Sam if he felt any need to leave the Shire now that he had finally seen Elves for himself. That, like a good servant, friend and gardener, Sam would follow Frodo into Hell itself. I don’t think I ought even to take Sam.”įor me, it was easy to recall the idea that Sam was merely going along to protect Frodo. To take them into exile, where hunger and weariness may have no cure, is quite another – even if they are willing to come. Frodo said to himself: “It is one thing to take my young friends walking over the Shire with me, until we are hungry and weary, and food and bed are sweet. Frodo was thinking of what to do next, and trying to figure out how to dump everyone off at Crickhollow (where he was supposedly going to live) while he set off for Rivendell. And in today’s passage, Sam is more, still. This is more than we might have expected. Anyway: “‘They are sailing, sailing, sailing over the Sea, they are going into the West and leaving us,’ said Sam, half chanting the words, shaking his head sadly and solemnly. They’re talking about the Elves moving west and Ted is being a chump. Sam is in the Green Dragon with the miller’s son, Ted Sandyman (the Shire’s very own Scut Farcus). Early on, we see a slight hint of what’s to come with Sam, however. Sure, they’re friends well enough, but mostly he’s not Frodo’s peer. In the first part of the book, Sam is little more than Frodo’s gardener. Today we learn a bit more about Samwise Gamgee. ![]() ![]() Thoughts on the Passage – p 86-90 (of the 50th Anniversary Edition) Camera: Tru-View (Diana Clone, circa 1960) || Film: FujiChrome RDP (100D), x-pro as C-41, expired 10/1997
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