“all his life had fallen in ruin.” When Frodo is captured and imprisoned at the top of a tower, Sam finds him by improvising a song about hope and starlight that a naked, tortured Frodo weakly answers. When they wake
Internally, it can be difficult for parents to understand the school’s methods, philosophy of grading, emphasis on virtue and moral formation, tuition rate, and more. Externally, conflict arises in the form of loneliness (“All my friends’ kids go to school elsewhere”), financial limitations...
male intimacy in that historical context, I will look at the contemporary (predominantly British and North American) reception of that friendship in film and fan fiction, where it is evident that the Frodo-Sam relationship continues to challenge categories of gender, sexuality, and male friendship....