“Nine o’clock we’d call it in the Shire,” said Pippin aloud to himself. ‘Just the time for a nice breakfast by the open window in spring sunshine. And how I should like breakfast!’ (Page 36)
The quote above helps establish hobbit culture, by revealing that Pippin is still in the habit of having frequent meals, and dreams of a normal breakfast amidst otherwise dark times. The underlying hobbit culture of Pippin and the other main halflings, only improves upon the story and gives the characters life.
From page 143-4, “Merry could not speak, but wept anew. ‘Forgive me, my lord,’ he said at last, ‘if I broke your command, and yet have done no more in service than