9/20/12
Passage from the text:
“Not all that was spoken and debated in the Council need now be told. Much was said of events in the world outside, especially in the South, and in the wide lands east of the Mountains. Of these things Frodo had already heard many rumors...”
Pg#: 234
Commentary: [Literary Analysis]
I think little prefaces like these help make the story more convincing. That there are things that I don’t know but that were still said in the Council adds a hint of reality to the plot. Without those two lines the novel could have gone on, though with them it makes Frodo’s world seem like it’s own. The juxtaposition between intense dialogue and description to this third person informative helps to further solidify (if it wasn’t already) the idea that Frodo is someone that lived, that the book is simply a chronicled window into his adventures.
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