9/14/12
Passage from the text:
“‘Yes, it all comes back to me now,’ said Frodo: ‘the tremendous roaring. I thought I was drowning, with my friends and enemies and all. But now we are safe!’
Gandalf looked quickly at Frodo, but he had shut his eyes. ‘Yes, you are all safe for the present. Soon there will be feasting and merrymaking to celebrate the victory at the Ford of Bruinen, and you will all be there in places of honour.’”
Pg#: 218
Commentary: [Analysis]
Gandalf is one of those characters who will try his best to make things seems as if they’re okay- even when they’re not. If he did not hide his real thoughts those he wished to encourage might not be encouraged. The quick glance that Gandalf gives Frodo is significant because it betrays his usual mien and reveals Gandalf’s worry. That Frodo thought himself to be in true peril this early in the journey is bad. Matters have become dangerous faster than Gandalf had expected. I can imagine Gandalf's relief as he realizes that Frodo is oblivious to his anxious glance: that Frodo does not see- and that Frodo does not see.
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