"I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened.
But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."
How cool would that be?! Seriously, I love this scene and I love this movie. This assignment was supposed to be "like a tattoo" as in it was supposed to be something you really connect to and wouldn't mind having memorized for your whole life. This is that something for me. But, no. I can't use it. Wanna know why? It's not on the damn Penguin Classics list. (Can you tell I'm a little bitter?)
You know what else isn't on the list? Slaughterhouse V, the most interesting book I read junior year. The Great Gatsby isn't included either, which is so odd considering its a classic American novel.
My the biggest disappointment though is the lack of 1984. I haven't talked yet about my love for that book. I have never been so emotionally invested in a book and its characters and their fate and their universe. I don't want to give away any details but damn. Amazing book. If you ever get the chance to read it, do so.
How cool would that be?! Seriously, I love this scene and I love this movie. This assignment was supposed to be "like a tattoo" as in it was supposed to be something you really connect to and wouldn't mind having memorized for your whole life. This is that something for me. But, no. I can't use it. Wanna know why? It's not on the damn Penguin Classics list. (Can you tell I'm a little bitter?)
You know what else isn't on the list? Slaughterhouse V, the most interesting book I read junior year. The Great Gatsby isn't included either, which is so odd considering its a classic American novel.
My the biggest disappointment though is the lack of 1984. I haven't talked yet about my love for that book. I have never been so emotionally invested in a book and its characters and their fate and their universe. I don't want to give away any details but damn. Amazing book. If you ever get the chance to read it, do so.
Now I'm completely lost and have no idea what text I'm going to recite from. Wish me luck, guys.
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