When I read the Hobbit, I hated him. He seemed like a slimely, cruel creature. When I read Lord of the Rings, I started to pity him. He may have been an outcast when he was Smegol, but outcast or not, he didnot deserve to be corrupted, imprisomed or tortured. I pity him. In The Two Towers, Smegol tried to "escape" from Gollum, that shows that Smegol was not evil at heart. If the Ring took over someone as strong minded as Frodo, than Smegol wouldn't even have time to protest.
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