The Role Of Frodo In Fellowship Of The Ring

Have you ever wanted to live in a world of fantasy filled with orcs, wizards, elves and dwarves? If so, the Lord of the Rings is for you. In the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo is given the task of guarding the Ring of Rulers. His first mission was to reach Rivendell, the elfin city. Along the way, Sam, Merry, and Pippin in the Shire, and Aragorn (otherwise known as Strider) in Bree joined him. On their journey, they have had to evade the Black Riders who are supernatural servants of Sauron, the dark lord. When in Bree, Frodo encountered his uncle Bilbo and the wizard Gandalf for the first time in several years. A council was held to decide the fate of the ring. It was determined it had to be destroyed once and for all and that …show more content…
Frodo Baggins is a character that truly deserves to be extolled. He has become the bearer of a ring so powerful that in the wrong hands could lead to a holocaust. Foes such as the Black Riders have sought to steal the Ring of Ruling and to slay Frodo in the process, but he defends it with honor. It would take a strong, and pure being to handle such a task. I truly admire this character, and I would say he is definitely one of my favorites along with a man who goes by many aliases: Strider, Aragorn, and Dúnadan. Since met in Bree, Aragorn has had an ominous undertone that I adored. I feel that Tolkien added this human to add diversity to the group because prior to Frodo arriving at Bree the group only consisted of hobbits, which were somewhat unique from each other but were also very similar. I enjoyed that the author also made this character have preceding relationships Bilbo and Gandalf and that Frodo kind of had to just hope this character truly had genuine intentions. Lastly, some characters I am not all too fond of being Pippin and Merry. In my eyes, they seem way too alike. They are both hobbits with generally a more cowardly disposition. When I am reading and come across dialogue, I sometimes to remind myself if I am reading what Pippin or Merry are saying. It also does not help that both characters talk way too indistinguishably. These characters were even seen as not unique by the elfin rulers, “The Lady bowed her head… and to Merry and Pippin she gave small silver belts, each with a clasp wrought like a golden flower…” (Tolkien 366). To put it into perspective, every other character got a distinctly different gift. For example, Legolas received a more quality bow, Sam got magical soil, and Frodo obtained a mystical phial. That even further improves my point that Tolkien should have made Pippin and Merry