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Ah, reminds me of the difference of treatment between Sam and Frodo in Lord of the Rings: >> Looking in a mirror he was startled to see a much thinner reflecti
by johnchristopher 6y ago
Ah, reminds me of the difference of treatment between Sam and Frodo in Lord of the Rings:
>> Looking in a mirror he was startled to see a much thinner reflection of himself than he remembered: it looked remarkably like the young nephew of Bilbo who used to go tramping with his uncle in the Shire; but the eyes looked at him thoughtfully.
> Pauline Baynes's illustration of the Fellowship, done while Tolkien was alive, shows all four hobbits as being of very much the same proportions. Oddly enough, the movie shows Sam as more or less the same build when he leaves Hobbiton and when he reaches Mordor, even though he had some weeks of semi-starvation.
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- p_l 6y agoFWIW, in Lord of the Rings, it was implied that the change in Frodo was due to carrying the One Ring, and that it was due to it that he couldn't rejoin normal life while the other Hobbits could (and in Shire, ultimately became much more famous)
- johnchristopher 6y agoNo, not when that scene happens. It clearly was a comment he made on how he got healthier by walking around. It's early in the book.
- p_l 6y agoAh. Well, he was the lazy stay-at-home guy of the four hobbits before the adventure :) Samwise did hard physical work regularly, and Meriadock and Pippin while also somewhat pampered (remember, of the four hobbit, only Sam wasn't nobility!) were somewhat known for their adventures.