The Lord of the Rings tells a story of change. The whole of middle earth is being torn apart and fundamentally altered. At the center of this tale is Frodo Baggins, the bearer of the Ring, who is subject to a very unique influence, the Ring of Power. Gandalf explains to Frodo something of the Ring’s nature. “It is far more powerful than I ever dared to think at first, so powerful that in the end it would utterly overcome anyone of mortal race who possessed it. It would posses him.” (Tolkien,46). Through the course of this story, we see Frodo, a simple hobbit from the shire, change from meek and humble to brave and independent and eventually a creature consumed by the power of the one ring. At the start of things, Frodo is seen by his fellow
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He is tempted to put on the Ring regardless of the warnings from Gandalf. “Frodo was hardly less terrified than his companions; he was quaking as if he was bitter cold, but his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring.” (Tolkien, 195). His fear is swallowed up by the Ring somehow and he attacks the Ringwraiths. Frodo is taken to Rivendale to receive treatment for wounds received in the attack. There we see Frodo step up during the Council of Elrond and prove his courage again by volunteering to carry the Ring. “At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. ‘I will take the Ring,’ he said, ‘though I do not know the way’” (Tolkien, 270). Again, the language used in this passage indicates a force other than Frodo’s driving him to …show more content…
Frodo’s companion, Samwise Gamgee, is troubled at the sight of his master’s degradation. “He was sleeping quietly, but Sam was now struck most by the leanness of his face and hands. ‘Too thin and drawn he is,’ he muttered, ‘Not right for a hobbit’” (Tolkien, 653). With the help of Sam, Frodo is able to make it to Mount Doom, barely hanging on to himself at this point. When Sam offers to help carry the Ring, Frodo almost looses control of himself. “It’s too late now, Sam dear. You can’t help me in that way again. I am almost in it’s power now. I could not give it up, and if you tried to take it I should go mad.” (Tolkien, 937). Frodo has become close to the creature Gollum that he so despised before his journey began. The Ring has hollowed out what was at one time Frodo, and left behind very little of the hobbit. Frodo is so physically weak that Sam resorts to carrying his master to their final destination. But upon arriving, Frodo has changed his mind about completing the task of destroying the Ring. “‘I have come,’ he said. ‘But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The ring is mine!’” (Tolkien, 945). It would seem that all is lost at this point, but Sméagol attacks Frodo and bites off his finger to take the ring. Sméagol and the Ring fall into the fires of Mount Doom and are destroyed. Frodo is miraculously resurrected if not in body, in spirit
He is tempted to put on the Ring regardless of the warnings from Gandalf. “Frodo was hardly less terrified than his companions; he was quaking as if he was bitter cold, but his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring.” (Tolkien, 195). His fear is swallowed up by the Ring somehow and he attacks the Ringwraiths. Frodo is taken to Rivendale to receive treatment for wounds received in the attack. There we see Frodo step up during the Council of Elrond and prove his courage again by volunteering to carry the Ring. “At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. ‘I will take the Ring,’ he said, ‘though I do not know the way’” (Tolkien, 270). Again, the language used in this passage indicates a force other than Frodo’s driving him to …show more content…
Frodo’s companion, Samwise Gamgee, is troubled at the sight of his master’s degradation. “He was sleeping quietly, but Sam was now struck most by the leanness of his face and hands. ‘Too thin and drawn he is,’ he muttered, ‘Not right for a hobbit’” (Tolkien, 653). With the help of Sam, Frodo is able to make it to Mount Doom, barely hanging on to himself at this point. When Sam offers to help carry the Ring, Frodo almost looses control of himself. “It’s too late now, Sam dear. You can’t help me in that way again. I am almost in it’s power now. I could not give it up, and if you tried to take it I should go mad.” (Tolkien, 937). Frodo has become close to the creature Gollum that he so despised before his journey began. The Ring has hollowed out what was at one time Frodo, and left behind very little of the hobbit. Frodo is so physically weak that Sam resorts to carrying his master to their final destination. But upon arriving, Frodo has changed his mind about completing the task of destroying the Ring. “‘I have come,’ he said. ‘But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The ring is mine!’” (Tolkien, 945). It would seem that all is lost at this point, but Sméagol attacks Frodo and bites off his finger to take the ring. Sméagol and the Ring fall into the fires of Mount Doom and are destroyed. Frodo is miraculously resurrected if not in body, in spirit