The Grotesque Embodiment of Un-being

Christian Humanism Exemplified in Tolkien's Gollum and Lewis's Unman

Smeagol and Gollum

In Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Gollum exemplifies the very same demonic characteristics as O’Connor’s character, Hazel Motes. Although Tolkien’s grotesque hobbit is not nearly as comical as O’Connor’s prophets, Sméagol nevertheless follows the same pattern of estrangement from his creator, division of his self, and displacement fr…