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| The Acceptable Sacrifice by Larner | 23 Review(s) |
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| lindahoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/17/2005 |
| Poor Frodo,being paraded must be the very last thing he wants and being dressed by someone else is not pleasant unless you have been brought up to it. I love the way you explore Frodo's mixed feelings.I would also love to read your account of how Aragorn felt when he and Sam were brought from the fire. You are very good at psychology!I know in Jungian terms a ring symbolises the Ego,so to destroy it for Frodo is also to destroy part of himself.. IT can indeed be a curse if you are the type of person who analyses everything. Author Reply: I did write Aragorn's take on the recalling of Frodo and Sam in The Ties of Family, when Aragorn comes to the Bridge to accompany the Hobbits to the conference at Imladris. Maybe I'll work it into this story, too--but maybe I won't--haven't gone that far as yet. Tolkien tended to rush the recoveries quite a bit, I always thought. Frodo's awake, and already he's being rushed off to a feast? Necessary for the morale of the troops and the feelings of propriety for those who were offering themselves to give Frodo and Sam time to get them to the Fire; but for Frodo, just awakened and probably still confused, this must have felt like too much to handle! And then dressed by someone else and in such a guise---- The comment on Jung is quite interesting. I've not read deeply into his philosophy, but agree that Frodo indeed did lose part of himself along with the Ring. The Ring had known seventeen and a half years to weave itself into his mind and awareness, and now that part of him has truly been cleansed away by fire. Now to allow the joy to return to fill the empty places in his being hollowed out by the Ring's actions and its loss.... And self-analysis can be self-destructive if we let it go too far. | |
| jodancingtree | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/17/2005 |
| This is wonderful, Larner, wise and deep. And I love the insight that Sam would accept everything with simple gratitude. jo Author Reply: I think that Sam is now as Frodo was when he awoke in Rivendell, but that after the five months since that last awakening the Ring has done all within its power to turn Frodo's own gifts of analysis, responsibility, and humility against him, seeking to twist them into destructive forces instead of gifts intended to aid him to live to be the best individual he could be. And Frodo envies Sam his ability to just accept and tries to emulate it. Thanks so much for the feedback. I loved Following the Brown Wizard, you know. I read it before I reviewed often, but it was one of the stories that encouraged me to write. Thank you for the inspiration your works have given to me. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/17/2005 |
| It seems to me that in some ways Frodo still hasn't learned what it means to be a "hero," namely that what we think of when we hear that word is almost never real. How many of our heroes are just ordinarly people who dogged it out and would have given away if someone else hadn't propped them up? I think that's what most heroes are. Poor Frodo. He's really surrendered pretty much everything. Author Reply: Yes, he's surrendered so much, including (although it will be some time before he realizes this) his sense of perspective. I love the insight shown in "One Step More: the Heroism of Frodo Baggins" and as a special ed teacher understand exactly what the lady who wrote it says of how the true heroes are those who keep going, those who are true examples of "Bronwe athan Harthad"--endurance beyond hope. I've known many such in my life, and most never thought of themselves as being the least heroic. Thanks so much for the feedback, Daw. | |