tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post1172812241785250874..comments2023-10-30T05:15:17.509-07:00Comments on The Blue Fairy's Bookshelf: LOTR Read-Along! The Two Towers Part TwoLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372317376002783405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-5320113450405362092011-10-24T11:56:51.328-07:002011-10-24T11:56:51.328-07:00It isn't a fair question, which is why I cheat...It isn't a fair question, which is why I cheated and answered my own question with "both". I would so want to do Fangorn and the Glittering Caves.<br /><br />Yes, there is some really nice foreshadowing all throughout these books and part of the pleasure of re-reading them is being able to see these things more clearly and appreciate just how terrific these books are.<br /><br />The more time I spend with these stories the more I become convinced that any accusations of Tolkien writing one-dimensional characters is just wrong. Other than perhaps Sauron, you find yourself being shown that there are more sides to every person. Saruman becomes much more sympathetic when you realize how years of exposure to Sauron have affected him. Pippen is just curious like the rest of us are, and a bit clumsy too, but his heart is in the right place and he does what so many of us would do in his place. Same thing with Boromir. And the way that Theoden is kind to the men who 'chose wrongly' and fought with Saruman. I love the depth of these characters. <br /><br />I actually love all the alternate place names though it does admittedly slow the flow of the story at times. I'm just a geek for that kind of stuff.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-39444850952315157782011-10-24T01:39:51.001-07:002011-10-24T01:39:51.001-07:00I like Tolkien's place names too and I agree t...I like Tolkien's place names too and I agree this was the part where his linguistics shone the most. A friend of mine let me borrow her copy of the Tolkien language tree diagram (was it) and you could follow the research he based in creating the various languages and what deemed right for one folk and apt for another. That was just amazing.Rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479658382213023517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-45087208902003965882011-10-23T18:06:31.378-07:002011-10-23T18:06:31.378-07:00Comparing Gollum to an injured snake, perfect comp...Comparing Gollum to an injured snake, perfect comparison! Cuz no matter how nice you are, he's gonna bite you eventually, because that's his nature. <br /><br />"I do sometimes get tired of "this place is called X, except the elves call it Y, and it used to be called Z, and..." While it does help expand the sense of the <br />history, I don't need all the alternate names for every single place they go." <br /><br />I hear ya on that one. It's great that everyone has their own names for places, but as a newbie reader I'm lost enough. I don't need to worry about a map that's in three languages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-54601060583185194922011-10-22T12:31:27.519-07:002011-10-22T12:31:27.519-07:00Okay, I'm joining you in the swamps (nothing t...Okay, I'm joining you in the swamps (nothing to do with the fact that I'm a total wimp around heights!), simply because you can navitage! I think during these chapters Gollum was my favourite part of the reading which I suppose is a little strange but I can't help feelings sorry for him and his dialogue is so amusing - I loved his little song! and, like Andrea says, I thought all the chit chat about potatoes was for the film only so it was really nice to read it in the pages.<br />Thanks<br />Lynn :DLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928865767523025349noreply@blogger.com