Pippin's story

Chapter 4 focuses on Pippin, who is interpreted to symbolise Frodo&s;s split-off curiosity. The narrative of the first Book of The Two Towers is tracked, which concerns Saruman&s;s attempts to defeat the Kingdom of Rohan and to claim the Ring. The dislocated self-states of intrusive projective identification are explored in relation to Saruman&s;s hold over Rohan&s;s King Théoden. These self-states are overcome through a transformation in the paternal internal object, concomitant with increasing engagement with the Oedipus situation and development as a separate ego. As a result, Pippin&s;s initially intrusive curiosity becomes more differentiated and realistic, epitomised by events surrounding his theft of the palantír.