Smeagol = Hobbit???

[Birdland]

Originally posted by Marileangorifurnimaluim:
<STRONG>It's more of a stretch to say Sam detested Gollum for the same reasons. You could say that he had hobbit-like expections that Gollum certainly didn't measure up to, there was an equality between them you don't find with say, orcs or wargs.

-Maril</STRONG>

A good point Maril...(etc., etc.) The very thought that Gollum was a hobbit must have made the feelings of disgust that Sam had for him much more personal. Sam has a much more "black and white" outlook on life than Frodo has, and would be far less likely to rationalize Gollum's fall into evil and madness.

And in a way, Sam has a point. I remember one of the characters saying something to the effect that "Hobbits would never intentionally kill another Hobbit." Yet within minutes of his cousin Deagol finding the rings, Smeagol strangles him to possess it. And he then returns to his family and immediately puts the ring to use to spy, steal from, and blackmail other Hobbits. If the ring corrupted Smeagol, it seems like it didn't have to work very hard to do it.

Makes you wonder about them Stoors, doesn't it?