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general questions

what be thy name?
leslie.

where do you currently reside?
florida.

have you read "the lord of the rings" novels? if so, which is your favourite book and why?
return of the king. i like the end when the hobbits come home and clean up the shire.

have you seen the film versions? how many times? why?
yes i have. many times. i love the movies, they are almost as good as the books.

is pippin your favourite character?
yes he is.

book questions

describe how you imagine pippin.
i see him as very immature in the beginning, but as more trouble comes he sees that he must grow up.

what was your initial response to pippin's character?
i thought he was the cute and the most like me.

what in his character do you like?
i like the fact that he is a very free person. he is very loving and funny.

what do you dislike?
nothing.

what do you consider pippin's strongest suit?
his simple mindedness.

what are his weaknesses?
bravery (at the beginning).

to what degree did pippin's tookish nature play into his leaving the shire? was pippin searching for something when he left, or was it purely to help frodo?
it was purely to help frodo.

what purpose did pippin have with the fellowship?
i guess he thought it was the right thing to do because everyone else joined (frodo, sam, merry).

what would have happened if he had been left behind? how would he be different? how would the others be different?
he probably would have been caught by the sheriffs on his way back to the shire.

how does the grand adventure change pippin?
he becomes more mature and brave.

was pippin unsure of himself at the beginning of the tale?
yes he is, but he isn't. he makes the best of most situations.

does pippin have a hero? who and why?
pippin's hero is probably merry. they are around each other all the time, you ca tell he kind of looks up to merry (merry is older too).

describe how you see pippin's relationship with merry.
they were probably very close when they were young.

do you think merry was ever disappointed in his cousin (ie during the palantír incident)?
probably sometimes, but he probably got over it quickly.

what do you think gandalf felt towards the young took? what was their relationship?
gandalf probably thought that he was a burden at sometimes, but in the return of the king, he kind of guided him.

do you think gandalf was particularly hard on pippin? why?
sometimes.

when the fellowship first meets galadriel it is said, "each had felt he was offered a choice between a shadow of fear that lay ahead, and something he greatly desired: clear before his mind it lay, and to get it he had only to turn aside from the road and leave the quest and the war against sauron and the others." what do you think pippin was offered?
i don't know.

what do you think boromir represented to pippin?
pippin probably looked up to boromir.

how did the death of boromir affect pippin?
pippin was sad about the death of boromir.

why do you think faramir so moved pippin?
because he was boromir's brother.

what do you think motivated pippin to swear fidelity to gondor?
i don't know.

was it appropriate pippin ended up serving denethor, not théoden? why?
merry went to serve theoden so i guess it was to make it even, one hobbit warrior to rohan, one to gondor.

when pippin was confronted with death during the battle before the black gates, how do you feel he reacted?
i don't know.

how do you imagine pippin as a father?
he was probably an awesome father.

in the end, what do you feel pippin lost and what did he gain from his journey?
he gained a lot. maturity, self respect, bravery...

favourite scene or quote?
the end of the return of the king when the hobbits go back to the shire and clean up.

film questions

how do you think pippin was portrayed in the movie?
he was a little more immature in the movie, but it was really cute.

many felt pippin in the film came off as "stupid," do you agree?
no, he was just very... absent minded.

did you enjoy the performance of billy boyd as pippin? how so?
i don't know.

favourite scene or quote?
"i've always been taller than you!"

if you've seen the movie and read the books

which scene from the books which didn't make it into the film do you miss most?
i don't know. i think they stayed pretty true to the books.

was the pippin of the films accurate to the pippin you imagined?
pretty much.

what do you most look forward to in return of the king?
when gollum bites frodo's finger off. lol.

which scene are you most worried about?
shelob's lair (i'm afraid of spiders).

if you magically had the chance to change one thing concerning film pippin (be it action, line or trait) what would it be?
nothing.

extra

can you think of think of any other questions which would be nice here?
not really.

anything to say or ask about this site?
i like the site. it's great.

who's another favourite character (from anywhere, not just lotr) of yours, and why?
harry potter.

lse says!

hello leslie from florida. joy! what a fun survey yours was to read. i love how straightforward your answers became after a while. i took to saying, "duh!" after a few because it made them all the more great. ie. "because he was boromir's brother." me: duh!
it was fabulous read. i also like how when you didn't know something you just said, "i don't know." so much better than leaving a blank field i think.
when i first read your answers for pippin's weaknesses and strengths i thought they were reversed! on a second read though, i take it you meant pippin's lack of bravery was a weakness, but still, it's funny. being simple is good and being brave isn't, ho ho. it's an original mode of thought.
two other things:
this answer totally made me laugh out loud, "when gollum bites frodo's finger off. lol." yes!!
as did this one, "no, he was just very... absent minded." so very... very... absentminded.

... x