LotR -- Book 6 - Chapter 2 - The Land of Shadow - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 03-13-2019, 11:13 AM

One thing I find very interesting about Book VI is that, up until the Field of Cormallen, the viewpoint remains with Sam as it had since Shelob. It's as if Frodo by this point is no longer 'relatable' enough to serve as the reader-proxy.

(Always in LR the reader-proxy is one of the hobbits (or Gimli as the nearest-to-hobbits member of the Grey Company))

03-13-2019, 11:13 AM	#38
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,300	One thing I find very interesting about Book VI is that, up until the Field of Cormallen, the viewpoint remains with Sam as it had since Shelob. It's as if Frodo by this point is no longer 'relatable' enough to serve as the reader-proxy. (Always in LR the reader-proxy is one of the hobbits (or Gimli as the nearest-to-hobbits member of the Grey Company)) __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.