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LotR Discussion Project. Book Four. Chapters 1 and 2.
Lord of the Rings Discussion Project. Book Four. Chapters 1. The Taming of Smeagol.
We now return to the true quest with Frodo and Sam who are trying to escape the Rocky Hills of Emyn Muil. The first thing we ‘hear’ is on of Sam’s good ol’ stating the obvious lines, that help the reader guess what’s happened off screen. Quote:
During telling Sam they need to leave the hills he says he feels naked to the Eye of the Dark Tower. What is that? Is it the Palantir. Is it in the Spiritual world. Both? Neither? We then come to Frodo’s fall. After persuading Sam not to climb himself, he falls, after he hearing a Nazgûl in the air and temporarily looses sight, until Sam lowers his long forgotten elven rope, which shines in the Dark. After much talk they decide to use the rope to help themselves escape the Emyn Muil. Frodo let’s Sam down and ties the rope to a rock for his own safety. On reaching the bottom, Sam realises that the rope is stuck at the top, and is utterly astounded when it falls. Frodo blame’s a dodgy knot, which Sam doesn’t take kindly, saying it answered his call. . At the foot of the Emyn Muil they eventually found some kind of shelter. As they set up camp, Frodo noticed something climbing down the wall, but asks Sam what it is. Sam notices or guesses, that it is indeed Gollum, and sneaks over to try and deal with him. Unfortunately for Sam Gollum is tougher than he looks, and Sam would have been in serious trouble, had not Frodo been ready, Sting in hand. From the beginning we can tell Frodo’s sympathy towards Gollum is greater than Sam’s, Sam referring to Gollum as it, and Frodo referring to Gollum as him. Frodo then hears the voices of himself and Gandalf and their conversation in Moria. Quote:
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Gollum swore by the Precious, and Sam at Frodo’s bidding took the rope off Gollum’s ankle.
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
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