[ElanorGamgee]

Spoken like a true aspiring English major!

Thank you [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I always thought that "we" referred to Gollum and the Ring. That he had become to attached to the Ring and his will so chained to it that he associated his own person with it.

I agree; that is how I have always understood it.

I'm not quite sure which "him's" you are referring to, but if you are referring to the "Him" with the capital "H" that is Sauron. (You'll recall that the two were personally acquainted.)

I’m sorry if the “he” part was a bit confusing. I was referring both to the “he” implied by Slinker/Sméagol when he refers to himself in the third person and the “he” implied by Stinker/Gollum when he conjugates his verbs in the third person singular. The first “he” is obviously referring to Sméagol himself, but it is not clear to whom Stinker’s “he” is referring, whether to the side controlled by the Ring (Gollum) or the side controlled by the ancient hobbit (Sméagol). I hope that clears it up [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]