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Carrûn · 01-14-2003, 09:17 PM

Bilbo gives Frodo mithril coat, coat saves him twice.

Merry, Pippin captured. Aragorn & Co. follow, help defend Rohan.

Gandalf confronts Balrog, Gandalf dies, Gandalf comes back as the White.

Really everything in the story is linked. Tolkien was good at unity throughout his work, which is the mark of a skilled author. In my opinion it wouldn't be as good of a story if there were a bunch of things just sort of left hanging off to the side.

01-14-2003, 09:17 PM	#2
Carrûn Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind you, counting to 3 Posts: 234	Bilbo gives Frodo mithril coat, coat saves him twice. Merry, Pippin captured. Aragorn & Co. follow, help defend Rohan. Gandalf confronts Balrog, Gandalf dies, Gandalf comes back as the White. Really everything in the story is linked. Tolkien was good at unity throughout his work, which is the mark of a skilled author. In my opinion it wouldn't be as good of a story if there were a bunch of things just sort of left hanging off to the side. __________________ "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur."

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