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KayQy · 04-26-2001, 10:42 AM

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Re: Sam Gamgee all the way!!

I just want to say why, although so many vital and heroic parts were played in the War of the Ring, Sam goes above and beyond the rest...only everyone else already has! <img src=smile.gif ALT="

"> But one thing that seems to have been overlooked, and is my favorite characteristic, is his down-to-earth hobbit sense and humility. Except for a brief temptation while wearing the Ring, he never aspires to being more than a gardener and Frodo's servant and friend. Even when he puts himself forward, he has Frodo's or someone else's (ie. Bill) well-being in mind. He keeps his mind on the task to be done and rarely gives in to despair, and I think that is what gets them to Oroduin in the end. Not to mention what he does afterwards to restore the Shire.

I do not know that we can have a heaven here on earth, but I am sure we need not have a hell here either. --Rich Mullins</p>

04-26-2001, 10:42 AM	#10
KayQy Wight Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Currently Spain Posts: 250	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 204</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Sam Gamgee all the way!! I just want to say why, although so many vital and heroic parts were played in the War of the Ring, Sam goes above and beyond the rest...only everyone else already has! <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> But one thing that seems to have been overlooked, and is my favorite characteristic, is his down-to-earth hobbit sense and humility. Except for a brief temptation while wearing the Ring, he never aspires to being more than a gardener and Frodo's servant and friend. Even when he puts himself forward, he has Frodo's or someone else's (ie. Bill) well-being in mind. He keeps his mind on the task to be done and rarely gives in to despair, and I think that is what gets them to Oroduin in the end. Not to mention what he does afterwards to restore the Shire. I do not know that we can have a heaven here on earth, but I am sure we need not have a hell here either. --Rich Mullins</p> __________________ Do you really want to know / Or are you a little scared, Afraid that God is not exactly what you'd have Him be? --OC Supertones, "Wilderness" "Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter." -- Max Beerbohm