The Odd Structure of the Book of TTT

[bacon]

Something I find intriguing about The Two Towers is its structure.

Book III is composed of the struggle of the Rohirrim against Isengard, and Book IV is concentrated on the continuing journey to Orodruin.

It makes it turn into a real thriller, making you read faster so you can find some trace of evidence of what happened to Frodo and Sam.

Something I don't like in TTT was Boromir's departure. I feel it should have been at the end of FOTR, but the trilogy was once one book, with only one climax, so I suppose that's okay.

[Yogurt]

It is pretty weird.

It was 1 book? Like SW was 1 book?

[bacon]

Yes, Tolkien wrote it is one epic, but the publisher, thinking it would be too expensive, convinced him to split it up into three books.

I love the cliffhanger at the end of TTT. It was like, WHERE'S ROTK!?! I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO FORDO! OMGEE!

[Yogurt]

Well, I like it, but it seems weird. When you are reading book three, you are like: WHERE'S FRODO AND SAM?!?

[bacon]

Meh, that's more like what you're thinking in Book Two. By Book Three, you know the structure and you know that you're probably going to get back to Frodo at Book Six.