Your comment about Farmer Maggot made me think about character names. Many authors agonize over what to call major and minor characters, and I think that's only right. A name either has to fit the character very well or it has to surprise the reader in a good/bad way. I would expect Farmer Maggot to be a cross, crotchety person, but you call him a "sterling fellow." I imagine Tolkien planned for the reader to react just the way you did.
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Date: 2013-02-19 04:29 am (UTC)