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airetari · 04-01-2004, 06:57 PM

I am in love with a quote that Sam says when he asks Frodo what he should name his daughter:
"I suppose you're right Mr. Frodo, I've heard some beautiful names on my travels, but I suppose they're a bit too grand for daily wear and tear, as you might say. The Gaffer, he says 'Make it short, and then you won't have to cut it short before you can use it.' But if it's to be a flower-name, then I don't trouble about the length: it must be a beautiful flower, because, you see, I think she is very beautiful, and is going to be beautifuller still."

It really shows Sam's personality because he worries so much about every detail in his life. This would be an important detail, but still he consults Frodo about it. Also, the name Elanor is kind of like introducing asian food to a hispanic person. it broadens and beautifies the shire. Tolkien was amazingly clever by putting this in there because people can connect with that kind of melting pot, especially if they live in america.

Alphaelin · 04-02-2004, 01:35 AM

Several of my favorite parts of the trilogy have been quoted, but no one has mentioned Barliman Butterbur! I smile every time I read his response to the attack on the hobbits' room:

"Guests unable to sleep in their beds and good bolsters ruined and all! What are we coming to?" FOTR, A Knife in the Dark

And then there's Gandalf's comment about him at the end of his letter to Frodo: "A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber room: thing wanted always buried. If he forgets, I shall roast him." FOTR, Strider

And here's a favorite line of mine from The Hobbit :

"Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo, you fool!"

04-01-2004, 06:57 PM	#1
airetari Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 10	the importance of elanor I am in love with a quote that Sam says when he asks Frodo what he should name his daughter: "I suppose you're right Mr. Frodo, I've heard some beautiful names on my travels, but I suppose they're a bit too grand for daily wear and tear, as you might say. The Gaffer, he says 'Make it short, and then you won't have to cut it short before you can use it.' But if it's to be a flower-name, then I don't trouble about the length: it must be a beautiful flower, because, you see, I think she is very beautiful, and is going to be beautifuller still." It really shows Sam's personality because he worries so much about every detail in his life. This would be an important detail, but still he consults Frodo about it. Also, the name Elanor is kind of like introducing asian food to a hispanic person. it broadens and beautifies the shire. Tolkien was amazingly clever by putting this in there because people can connect with that kind of melting pot, especially if they live in america.

04-02-2004, 01:35 AM	#2
Alphaelin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tottering about in the Wild Posts: 130	Several of my favorite parts of the trilogy have been quoted, but no one has mentioned Barliman Butterbur! I smile every time I read his response to the attack on the hobbits' room: "Guests unable to sleep in their beds and good bolsters ruined and all! What are we coming to?" FOTR, A Knife in the Dark And then there's Gandalf's comment about him at the end of his letter to Frodo: "A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber room: thing wanted always buried. If he forgets, I shall roast him." FOTR, Strider And here's a favorite line of mine from The Hobbit : "Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo, you fool!" __________________ Not all those who wander are lost . . . because some of us know how to read a map.