First of all, it's been hard for me to view Sam and Frodo's relations as FRIENDSHIP. Sam views Frodo as someone superior, not just in social standing, but in EVERYTHING. Of course, Sam isn't a mere servant. I see him as a kind of armour-bearer from chivalry times, for whom devotion to his master is above death.
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'Courage is not the abscence of fear but the belief that something is more important than fear'.
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Great quote, Silmarien. I don't suppose that Sam was the bravest hobbit ever, he must have been afraid of monsters, and water, and perhaps Frodo's moods; but his chief fear (if I may put it so) was that he would fail HIS quest, not give Frodo all the aid and support he could.
[ March 28, 2003: Message edited by: akhtene ]