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In nine pages this paper examines how friendships between the Hobbits (Sam, Frodo, Merry, and Pippin) evolve throughout Peter Jackson’s films based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and also considers their interactions with and friendships of the Fellowship members (Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir) in a consideration of individual personalities and also how Howard Shore’s musical score conveys the feelings among these friends. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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celluloid. He knew he had to be faithful to the spirit of the texts, but could not obviously depict every event and detail described in The Fellowship of the
Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Therefore, Jackson (who also served as producer and co-screenwriter) elected to concentrate on the basic themes that tie the
three Quest tales together. In an interview, Jackson explained his approach to the films as a cohesive whole rather than as three separate and distinct movies: "I am interested
in themes about friendship and self-sacrifice. This is a story of survival and courage, about a touching last stand that paved the way for the ascent of humankind" (Taking on
Tolkien: Peter Jackson Brings the Fantasy to Life). In the novels and in the films, these themes are naturally t introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring. Although
the most dominant is obviously the classic conflict between good and evil, what particularly appealed to Jackson is that a consistent theme in the trilogy is "how friendship endures and
overcomes even in a world of tremendous upheaval and change" (Taking on Tolkien: Peter Jackson Brings the Fantasy to Life). The friendship between Hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin
is the primary focus of the trilogy, but there is also an interesting dynamic of their interaction with the members of the Fellowship (Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir) that
allows them to grow and deepen as individuals. One change Jackson consciously made from Tolkiens trilogy was in narrowing the age
difference that exists between the Hobbits (Porter 49). This suggests that the quartet had grown up together as childhood friends. They have a shared homeland in the Shire,
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