Google| Subject | Re: Reading LotR and the newsgroups (was Re: Don't aspire to succeed - that right belongs to America |
| From | Troels Forchhammer |
| Date | 08/18/2004 13:35 (08/18/2004 13:35) |
| Message-ID | <F9HUc.23119$k4.449397@news1.nokia.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | ?jevind L?ng |
| Followups | Shanahan (13h & 32m) |
in <h0vUc.16628$qn2.2955@nntpserver.swip.net>, ?jevind L?ng <dnivejo.gnal@swipnet.se>enriched us with:
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?jevind L?ngThat's the special beauty and brilliance of these chapters -- they feel the same way to the reader as the journey must have felt to Sam and Frodo: very long and very dreary ;-)
[GRIN] I suspect you are right. I do wish Tolkien had been able to think up something to add more interest to the story there. Strange that there are only three chapters before "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit"; they 'feel* like a good deal more.
I wish that I was able to say with certainty that this is intentional on Tolkien's part, but it may just be the inevitable result of describing a long, dreary and basically eventless journey (except for some minor, but interesting, developments in the three characters).
-- Troels Forchhammer
The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head. - (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)
08/18/2004
