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| The King's Commission by Larner | 2 Review(s) |
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| lwarren | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 2/1/2005 |
| I really enjoyed thinking about all the different ways dignity can be shown by a person. I think your description of Sam's "native dignity" was very appropriate. He hadn't been raised in an elevated position...he was very much a self-made hobbit (it seems to me his education came about as much by his own will as by anyone else...except perhaps for Frodo always offering him the chance, I guess.) I like the way Ririon can 'hear' the dignity of each hobbit in the way they're spoken of...he's a very discerning young man. But once again, Ruvemir 'steals the show' for me when he tells Celebgil about Arwen's choice, and explains about the 'will' of the One Ring. He's just so eloquent (along with the author who portrays him so well) about it and his own dignity constantly shines through. Great chapter! linda Author Reply: Thank you for the review. The dignity of the Hobbits has always been of importance to me, for all their tendency to be flippant. | |
| Eruviluieth | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 1/29/2005 |
| Excellent chapter. I like the stone's personality. Very fitting for Frodo's memorial. The continued insights are great. Celebgil sounds like his mind is changing a good deal as he understands more about the hobbits. Maybe that new understanding will help counter his master's malice? Eager for more! Author Reply: Odd to think of stone having personality, but I've found it can. In writing this chapter I was reminded of a friend's comment on a sculpture class he was taking in college. He was asked how he'd made such a detailed carving of a girl, and he answered that the girl was there in the stone and he'd only dug down through the surface to find her. I've only tried one stone figure myself, so haven't quite been that far into it. | |