Compare And Contrast Bilbo And Gollum

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Bilbo and Gollum may look and seem different although they sustain a lot in common. Bilbo and Gollum are both hobbits that once lived in a hobbit hole, but Gollum got possessed by the ring creating him into a different hobbit. They feature the same personality because there is two sides to them. There is a side where they hate everything and want to go back to their normal living style and have everything the same. Then there is the side where they are loving the new stuff, like taking risks and are accepting that it is different. Even though when Gollum is in the killing side you can’t call him evil. The ring has taken over him so he can’t control him-self. He is a friendly hobbit even though he gets very vicious and wants to kill everything,

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