Alas, not me

Last month I posted an observation on Gollum's first appearance as a character in The Two Towers .  I noted then that both this passag...

And I waited.  Until that night when he left this house. He said and did things then that filled me with a fear that no words of Saruman c...

[Sméagol] had a friend called Déagol, of similar sort, sharper-eyed, but not so quick and strong.  On a time they took a boat and went down...

One of the great joys (and benefits) of reading a text closely and often is that doing so allows you to notice words, patterns, characteriz...

Bilbo almost stopped breathing, and went stiff himself. He was desperate. He must get away, out of this horrible darkness, while he had an...