#it’s too early for me to be crying this morning
I’m just thinking about how….Frodo saw himself in Gollum. He saw what he might gradually become.
But he also saw how much SamhatedGollum, how much Sam didn’t think Gollum had any chance of being redeemed.
Frodo wasn’t just afraid that he was losing his mind to the Ring…he was afraid that he was becoming someone who Sam could no longer love.
When Sam tells Frodo “there’s some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for” he’s not just reassuring Frodo that world is worth loving, even though it’s falling apart…..he’s also reassuring Frodo that he is still worth loving, even though he’s falling apart under the burden of the Ring.
