Nobility in the books

[Selmo]

Originally Posted by Dûrbelethwen

I noticed it seemed like every major character in Professor Tolkien's books about Middle Earth are of the nobility with the exception of Sam.

To fit into Tolkien's view of an ideal world, Sam is elevated to the Nobility. He becomes an important figure in The Shire, taking a leading role in the reconstruction and then as Mayor, re-elected many times. He is appointed as a King's Counsellor of The Northern Kingdom, sitting as an equal with other Lords of Arnor. Sam's eldest daughter becomes P.A. to the Queen of Gondor and Arnor, an honour only granted to families of the highest rank. Other sons and daughters marry into Hobbit aristocracy.

Sam starts out as the working-class hero but he's not allowed to remain so.
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