Fellowship Of The Ring Hero's Journey Essay

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is about a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins that must destroy the One Ring by throwing it into the fiery pit of Mount Doom in order to stop the Dark Lord Sauron from shrouding the world in darkness. The Hero’s Journey is an archetype that is used commonly in movies, books, and television shows in order to show the development of the main hero. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring follows Frodo Baggins as he develops as a character which can be tracked through the Hero’s Journey with an exception for the return back home. Frodo Baggins lives in an ordinary world and gets a call to adventure. Frodo Baggins is a young, plain hobbit who lives in the sleepy village of Hobbiton in the land of the Shire on …show more content…
Frodo and his fellowship are to go against the evil forces of Mordor such as Orcs, Ringwraiths, and goblins, where the group is attacked and they have to fend them off. Frodo has made new allies and then faces new challenges such as fighting the Orcs and other beasts that Sauron sends at him. Frodo was able to fend off most of the attacks, but due to the lack of cooked food and warmth in one of his hideouts, he started a fire which attracted the attention of all of the Ringwraiths who then surrounded Frodo and his party. Frodo then has to run away and recovers, learning that he is the one that can attract the attention of the deadly Ringwraiths, so he puts himself in harm’s way in order to protect the others. Frodo was just stabbed by a Ringwraith sent by Sauron to retrieve the ring, so Frodo runs for safety. Just like in the archetype of the Hero’s Journey, Frodo discovers that the Ringwraiths will only attack him, so he puts himself in the way of the Ringwraiths so he can let the others be