regshoe: A grey heron in flight over water (Heron)
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But till my last moments my words are the same: there'll never be peace until Jamie comes hame...

The penultimate week of the read-along, and in these chapters we are still very Jacobite.

Next week we will, sadly, read Part V Chapter 5 and the Epilogue.

Date: Jan. 8th, 2022 11:54 pm (UTC)
hyarrowen: (Action Hero)
From: [personal profile] hyarrowen
Re: your point about Ewen and the MacMartins, and Frodo and Sam - both DKB and Broster served on the Western Front - and Sam's liyalty and dependability was specifically based on the officer\batman relationship. (For my part I find that more admirable than a feudal relationship which has such a big power imbalance.)

As for getting Tolkien canonised, whut??? But at least he's less problematic than many a prominent Catholic figure.
Edited (fixed borked html) Date: Jan. 8th, 2022 11:55 pm (UTC)

Date: Jan. 9th, 2022 08:33 pm (UTC)
luzula: a Luzula pilosa, or hairy wood-rush (Default)
From: [personal profile] luzula
Maybe feudal is not the right word for Frodo and Sam--but Sam has an almost hereditary employment at Bag End, given that his father was gardener for Bilbo, and they aren't social equals.

But hey, Sam gets to be mayor later on, so there's a bit of upward mobility, at least. : )

Date: Jan. 9th, 2022 09:31 pm (UTC)
hyarrowen: (Action Hero)
From: [personal profile] hyarrowen
There was a lot of social mobility in the UK the first years of the 20th century. Most officers in the latter part of WW1 came up through the ranks, for instance. My favourite example is Sir William Robertson, who started out as a gardener's boy, joined up as an underage trooper, and ended up as Chief of the Imperial General Staff - head of the entire British Army - from 1916 - 1918, and then got made a Viscount. So Sam is very much in keeping with this.

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