tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post5607774970250655016..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: LOTR Read-Along: Mount Doom (ROTK Ch. 13)Hamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-2078395067414724342014-06-17T13:56:54.388-04:002014-06-17T13:56:54.388-04:00If anything, he was probably pointing out that not...If anything, he was probably pointing out that not giving up on doing something difficult is more important than the actual thing itself. If that makes sense. Yes, destroying the ring was important, but what truly mattered was everything that led up to it, the courage and determination of all involved. My take, anyway.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-5431447107734807072014-06-17T09:41:37.934-04:002014-06-17T09:41:37.934-04:00It's strange isn't it, that the big deed o...It's strange isn't it, that the big deed of the whole LOTR is somewhat of an anticlimax in the end. As you write 'Within a few pages, the deed is done'. The journey towards it was so long and eventful and then suddenly: that was it. Do you think Tolkien meant something with that?Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240886179336298463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-7681850152844030242014-06-17T09:15:39.895-04:002014-06-17T09:15:39.895-04:00I like foreshadowing when it is used very sparingl...I like foreshadowing when it is used very sparingly and very non-obviously. Like this! I dislike narrators who constantly say things like, "Little did they know how important that would be later on, nudge nudge, wink wink." It either has to be so subtle I don't <i>know</i> it's a foreshadowing until after I've read the whole book, or done by a first-person narrator only once or twice. Otherwise, I'm annoyed. Usually.<br /><br />"All magnificent and thrilling to tears" is the perfect way to put it.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-55136240257650239432014-06-16T19:05:54.474-04:002014-06-16T19:05:54.474-04:00I love foreshadowing! And I love that last page 91...I love foreshadowing! And I <i>love</i> that last page 919 line about Sam (well, all of the lines about Sam): 'He knew all the arguments of despair and would not listen to them. His will was set, and only death would break it.' <br /><br />And his carrying Frodo! All simply magnificent and thrilling to tears... :-)Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418854988524303306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-25301519088436915022014-06-16T16:31:03.260-04:002014-06-16T16:31:03.260-04:00Exactly.Exactly.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-78401994266100486882014-06-16T16:28:12.623-04:002014-06-16T16:28:12.623-04:00I. LOVE. THIS. CHAPTER.
IT IS SO AMAZING I CAN'...I. LOVE. THIS. CHAPTER.<br />IT IS SO AMAZING I CAN'T STAND IT.<br />THE END.Miss Jane Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990860661370730793noreply@blogger.com