Asked by: Ethyl Brown. Why is Gollum so old? What does Gollum represent? How was Gollum tortured? Is Gollum an addict? What's wrong with Gollum? Are the Riverfolk Hobbits? What does Gollum always say? Why does Gollum talk weird? Why is Gollum important? What is Gollum personality?
Why is Sauron an eye? Why did Gollum survive without the Ring? Why did Bilbo not Gollum? Why does Saruman turn evil? Is Gollum a hero or villain? Why does Gollum call Frodo master? Why did Galadriel give Sam rope? I don't really know. That's just always been the way I've percieved it. Find More Posts by burrahobbit. Ah, the return of the scarily short responses. O Way to go, Eomer and burra. Thread Tools. All times are GMT The time now is PM.
My Precious? User Name. Remember Me? Let me explain: The first time we hear Gollum speak is immediately after he is described to us: Quote: "Bless us and splash us, my precioussss! I guess it's a choice feast; at least a tasty morsel it'd make us, gollum! That is how he got his name, though he always called himself "my precious.
What iss he, my preciouss? He had a ring, a golden ring, a very precious ring. Where iss it? Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost! Cautious, my precious! More haste less speed. We musstn't rissk our neck, musst we, precious? No, precious - gollum! It's ours, it is, and we wants it.
The thieves, the thieves, the filthy little thieves. Where are they with my Precious? Find More Posts by Firefoot.
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Improve this question. Graviton Graviton 2, 6 6 gold badges 26 26 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. Have you seen the movie? It's pretty clear. Check the answer below, there is no consensus, yet — Graviton. Graviton - See my answer below. The truth is, he has always spoken this way. It is just the way he is. There isn't a deeper explanation than that. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Here's the longest extended monologue by Gollum from that book: "It's no good going back there to search, no.
Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. Kyralessa Kyralessa 3, 1 1 gold badge 22 22 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges. This scene in the book seems to be less than common knowledge. The idea was to crystallize how different parts of his mind battle each other and the pain it causes him. Luckily the article can be also read to mean her eureka was that such a scene would be dramatically very fitting to the film - the quite non-obvious decision to include it from the book.
But yes, the article's author could've been more clear. Well, one could entertain that thought about any scene. But the scene takes place out loud in the book too. Sam overhears it. There's nothing amazing about her thinking it should be an audible dialogue; that's what it is in the book.
It isn't an uncommon manner of speech in the British Isles. I lived in Ireland for a while, and it wasn't unusual to hear someone in a pub say "Give us a pint, love". The person saying this might well be alone - in this context, "us" means "me". A British granny might tell her grandkids to "Give us a kiss".
It isn't unusual in any way. WadCheber, perhaps the "we" was because Smeagol was already under the influence of the Ring; after all, he murdered his friend in order to take it.
Or the "we" may have been how Gollum described the scene long afterwards, under questioning by Aragorn. Show 8 more comments. NimChimpsky NimChimpsky 1 1 gold badge 7 7 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges.
This is also why he argues with himself. Also see Pureferret's answer: "we" also refers to the Ring. Gollum has problems telling himself and his "precious" apart. DVK If I recall correctly, yes it is supported in book canon.
If there's a lowercase "p" in "precious" when Gollum says "we", the Ring isn't involved. We must get it back. First we must lead them to her. She's always hungry, she always needs to feed. She must eat, all She gets is filthy Orcses. She hungers for sweeter meats. Go Hum! Gollum on the other hand refers to the pair as 'us' throughout.
You must believe us. It was the Precious - the Precious made us to do it. However, one final thought. So perhaps it was just his manner of speech to begin with! I've always assumed it was between Gollum and Smeagol. Will try to look for a source : — Andres F. I seem to recall a line something along the lines of "we hates hobbitses, doesn't we, precious? Christi that's what I'm recalling too. Show 7 more comments. Steve Giller Steve Giller 51 1 1 bronze badge.
He always spoke this way. Add a comment. Some Key Points Missing The current answers here have missed some key points that I believe help resolve a number of the questions regarding the plural pronoun uses. Clearly, Gollum refers to the Ring multiple times in the third person as "it" x7 and "the present" x2 and "precious present" x1. Some of these are in the immediate context of using a "we" or "our. Both sides of the split persona use the "we," as seen in the first two paragraphs of the exchange and the last two, each being a different speaker, but each using "we.
However, the last paragraph "Then let's stop talking, precious" clearly shows the "precious" is referring to the other personality by the inclusive "let's" and the fact that the Ring is not in his possession and has not been part of the conversation. The one use of "precious" as an adjective refers to the "present" of the Ring. The key evidence he posits is: It has nothing to do with split personalities or the Ring's effects on him.
The following points indicate this may well be the initial manifestation of the split: Only once does he use the plural to reference himself, using "my" x3 and "I" x1 also in the passage. This strongly indicates that the Ring's influence may indeed have something to do with the manifestation of "us" in the request.
ScottS ScottS 3, 2 2 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 39 39 bronze badges. Now for the in-universe answer: It has nothing to do with split personalities or the Ring's effects on him. For example: Now we can eat fish in peace.
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