Sam gamgee is taken from Birmingham's cotton spoken language and evolved from the name Gamgee Tissue. Gamgee dressing is a surgical dressing made of two layers of absorbent gauze and one layer of thick absorbent cotton, which was invented by Birmingham surgeon Yue Se sampson Gamgee in the19th century. Before The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien first used this name as an alias for a person living in Britain:

"This is a curious person who often chats and plays with my children. I call him Garver Genji, which is the rhyme of his name. I'm not making this up. This name has childhood memories. This is a cartoon name. In fact, when I was young, this name was a cotton fabric, but I don't know the origin of this name "(Tolkien's letter #257).

1March 956, Tolkien was quite surprised. He received a letter from a man named Sam Janji, saying that he already knew his name appeared in The Lord of the Rings, but he had not read the book. Tolkien wrote back on March 18, saying:

"Dear Mr. Zhan Ji,

I am glad to receive your letter. You can imagine my surprise when I saw your signature. I can only say that I hope Sam Janji in my story is the most heroic character. Simple as he is, many readers like this role. So, you don't think you will be unhappy because of the coincidence of this fictional character. "(Tolkien's letter)

Tolkien also gave the signed The Lord of the Rings trilogy to Sam Genji. But this incident caused concern in Tolkien's heart, and his diary recorded:

"For a while, I was afraid of receiving a letter signed Gollum, which would be quite difficult to handle." Tolkien: Biography.

In the appendix of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it is mentioned that Sam is called Banaz in Westernlanguage. Garbas Barnaz? R comes from "simplicity"; Galbasi originally came from the village name Galabas. Galab- of Galabas is interpreted as brave, while bas- is somewhat similar to-witch or -wick. In Tolkien's English translation, Sam Wes Gamevich was replaced by Sam Wes Gamiji and later became samwise gamgee.

Sam and his wife

Sam and his wife

Personality assessment

In a letter from Tolkien, Tolkien called Sam the greatest hero. He particularly emphasized Sam's love for Xiao Mei. The task of destroying the Lord of the Rings was also completed because of Sam, who saved Frodo many times (for example, rescued Frodo from Sirisango and helped him to Mount Doomsday), and one of the Lord of the Rings holders was able to give up the Lord of the Rings with his own mind.

One of the highlights of The Lord of the Rings is the relationship between Frodo and Sam. There is a strong friendship and trust between them, which can be reflected in Sam's vow to follow Frodo to death in Silesia Angkor.

Some Tolkien scholars think that Sam is Frodo's orderly. In the British army, the orderly is the attendant of senior officers. Tolkien once played this role (he was an officer in World War I). Sam's job is similar to that of an orderly-he runs errands, cooks, escorts Frodo and delivers supplies. Tolkien also agreed with this statement:

"Sam Zhan Ji is indeed a portrayal of British orderlies during the 19 14 war. He is far better than me. "