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Lady of Letters
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The Choices of Master Samwise
I've been reading The Two Towers again, and this struck me:
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I could understand Sam being angry with himself at first. But Tolkien also says that this (leaving Frodo and taking the Ring) was 'altogether against the grain of his nature'. Does that mean he was wrong to do it? What does Sam (and possibly Tolkien?) think he should have done? Any thoughts? Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything about it.
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