Good ones, lmp and Tigerlily! (btw, good topic, Luinėcolloien, and welcome to the Downs!
I agree with Tigerlily on the scenes where Frodo sails away to the Grey Havens and when Aragorn dies, but my sadness was more for Sam and Arwen, feeling their pain as they are left behind. And yeah, lmp, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Smeagol: the poor hapless sap who chanced upon the Ring with his friend Deagol, and I got the impression that watching Sam and Frodo sleep was a moment of memory for Smeagol of the friend that he killed for a Thing that took over his life from that time forward.
But I have to say that my Number One tearjerker in reading the books was the whole set of scenes on the side of Mt. Doom. Here, you have two guys who think that all of their friends are dead. Frodo carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and Sam just keeps saying cheerful things to help buoy him up, and at times even resorts to carrying his friend, himself. Then, they finally complete their task and they are standing there, on a small rock, surrounded by a sea of hot lava, just clinging to each other and waiting for the end to come, together. It was both sad and beautiful at the same time.
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