The Lord of the Rings · Character
Jolly Cotton
Also known as Jolly
- Minor
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 13
Jolly Cotton belongs to the familiar, unhurried world of the Shire, where neighbors know one another by name and the lanes lead to home. He has the practical air of a young hobbit raised among farm work and village life.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- young adult hobbit
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 13
- Books
- 1
Jolly appears as one of Farmer Cotton’s three lads, part of the local community Sam remembers from the Pool at Bywater. When Sam returns to the Shire, Jolly carries an axe and shows him the way to his father’s house. His role is small but rooted in the steadfast fellowship of the Shire’s ordinary folk.
Description
The text identifies Jolly as a young adult hobbit man but gives no specific details of his face, hair, eyes, coloring, or build. He wears practical country clothes suited to life on a farm and carries an axe. His presence is that of a familiar Shire lad, at ease among village paths and farmsteads.
Story so far
BOOK 3The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
Appearances
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