Gamgees at The Party? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 08-19-2009, 08:59 PM

I was listening to the Lord of the Rings last night and when it got to the part where Sam was talking about how he and the Gaffer were very much looking towards Bilbo and Frodo's party. This made me wonder if they were actually there. The main reason is, there are genealogies in the Appendices that have all of the guests to the Party underlined, but, funnily enough, Sam and his father are not. In fact, there is actually no evidence in the Fellowship of the Ring that they were there either. It never says that Sam and the Gaffer ever went to the party, I would think that such a major character would go to the Party or at least have it mentioned somewhere, but I could not find one sentence mentioning any Gamgees at the Party. So, how do we know, or not know if there were any Gamgees at Bilbo's 111?

08-19-2009, 08:59 PM	#1
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Gamgees at The Party? I was listening to the Lord of the Rings last night and when it got to the part where Sam was talking about how he and the Gaffer were very much looking towards Bilbo and Frodo's party. This made me wonder if they were actually there. The main reason is, there are genealogies in the Appendices that have all of the guests to the Party underlined, but, funnily enough, Sam and his father are not. In fact, there is actually no evidence in the Fellowship of the Ring that they were there either. It never says that Sam and the Gaffer ever went to the party, I would think that such a major character would go to the Party or at least have it mentioned somewhere, but I could not find one sentence mentioning any Gamgees at the Party. So, how do we know, or not know if there were any Gamgees at Bilbo's 111? __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.