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"In the darkest moment on the stairs of Cirith Ungol, Sam asks: what's in the old stories that really matters? His answer is that the great stories are about people who had the chance to turn back and didn't. Sam doesn't keep going because he thinks he will win. He keeps going because turning back is worse."
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"Tolkien's own favourite character was Samwise Gamgee, often misread as comic relief, but in Tolkien's own description the central figure of the story. Sam's characteristic quality is not conventional heroic courage but a capacity for loyalty, care, and persistent effort in the face of overwhelming discouragement."