I am not concerned with which persona is stronger, nor with which persona wins in the end. Now I wonder whether the distinction between Smeagol and Gollum is as firm in the books as it is in the movies. This made me wonder what would have happened if Frodo hadn't appeared to betray Smeagol. Smeagol resists for a while, but eventually relents, and Gollum comes to the fore once more. Gollum seizes on this to persuade Smeagol that he was right all along, and Frodo really was his enemy. The thought that sparked this question came from the scene in the films where Frodo hands Smeagol over to Faramir (albeit reluctantly and because he has no other choice). Smeagol, generally speaking, is more human (for lack of a better word), obedient, considerate, and friendly, and at least appears to be less concerned with the Ring than Gollum is Gollum is sneaky, malicious, dangerous, unpleasant, untrustworthy, and conniving, and cares only about his 'precious'. This difference is less concrete in the books (at least up to where I am now - The Passage of the Marshes in The Two Towers). In the movies, Smeagol seems to be very different from Gollum.

This question may be impossible to answer, but I am asking what Tolkien said about this issue, not what people think about it personally.

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