On a fishing day with his friend, Déagol, they chanced upon on a shining, golden ring under the bottom of the water. Sméagol asked his friend to give him the Ring as a birthday present but he refused and under the evil influence of the ring, Sméagol killed him " he caught Déagol by the throat and strangle him, because the gold looked so bright and beautiful. Then he put the ring on his finger"(Tolkein p70). It is that temptation and power that caused him to be vanish and abandoned by people and slowly became a hunched and miserable creature eventually crept into the dark caves under the Misty Mountains. The murder of his friend has haunted him and brings him to darkness where he keeps saying" precious over and
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Not only Sméagol, but also Bilbo, a friend of Gandalf get influenced by the ring's power. He is wise, funny and have a lot of experiences and adventures. He has his first round of adventures with the Dwarves and the Wizards at the lonely mountain. In fact, he looks exactly the same even though he is now celebrating his111th and virtually unchanged . Clearly, it is unnatural to not age at all though he is a hobbit. It is only the power of the rings that he uses during all of his adventure to be invisible. He announced to have a birthday party where everyone in the shrine seems interested to come" When very guest had been welcomed and was finally inside the gate, there were songs, dances, music games and of course, food and drink" (Tolkien p 34 ). At the party, he addresses the guests with a short speech and announces that he will leave" I regret to announce that – though, as I said, eleventy one years is far too short a time to spend a among you..[..].I am leaving Now"(Tolkien p40). He used the ring and slipped it on his finger and disappeared, where all of the guests seem to be amused. Then, Gandalf arrives to his house and reminds him to keep his promise and give the magical ring to his cousin, Frodo" Everything? Said Gandalf. " The ring as well? You agreed to that, you remember?" (Tolkin p 43
Not only Sméagol, but also Bilbo, a friend of Gandalf get influenced by the ring's power. He is wise, funny and have a lot of experiences and adventures. He has his first round of adventures with the Dwarves and the Wizards at the lonely mountain. In fact, he looks exactly the same even though he is now celebrating his111th and virtually unchanged . Clearly, it is unnatural to not age at all though he is a hobbit. It is only the power of the rings that he uses during all of his adventure to be invisible. He announced to have a birthday party where everyone in the shrine seems interested to come" When very guest had been welcomed and was finally inside the gate, there were songs, dances, music games and of course, food and drink" (Tolkien p 34 ). At the party, he addresses the guests with a short speech and announces that he will leave" I regret to announce that – though, as I said, eleventy one years is far too short a time to spend a among you..[..].I am leaving Now"(Tolkien p40). He used the ring and slipped it on his finger and disappeared, where all of the guests seem to be amused. Then, Gandalf arrives to his house and reminds him to keep his promise and give the magical ring to his cousin, Frodo" Everything? Said Gandalf. " The ring as well? You agreed to that, you remember?" (Tolkin p 43