Frodo Baggins

or financial support. Meeting new friends throughout our journey through life, makes it more meaningful. In the story, Tolkien constantly introduces characters but, only a few of them become friends of Frodo and the company. These fresh characters serviced Frodo on his journey. In the beginning, Frodo and the rest of the hobbits always found themselves in trouble; however, these characters would always come during the heat of the moment and save them. “…Do you know who I am? I’m Tom Bombadil.…

The Eastern hero I choose was Frodo Baggins. The tale of Frodo Baggins regards a young Hobbit who partakes a long, treacherous journey to destroy “the Ring.” In the beginning Frodo lives in a humble village with his adoptive father, Bilbo Baggins. Young Frodo inherited an immense fortune and all Bilbo’s possessions, which included an infamous ring. Gandalf after realizing the ring is Sauron’s ring the one possessing his evil intentions within. Frodo then goes on a journey of epic proportions to…

the idea that there are many tests for the hero as he/she passes through unknown lands and unimaginable dangers. The Lord of the Rings trilogy follows this idea from the start when Frodo and his companions encounter dangers from the moment they leave the comfort of the Shire. If it was easy for Frodo and…

Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in the Shire, acquires a Ring from Bilbo Baggins. This Ring is the “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor where the Shadow lies” (Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring). Bilbo did not know that the Ring he had brought back from his journey was the Ring of Sauron, a dark lord who wishes to enslave all of the Middle-earth. Gandalf the Grey, a wizard, suspected that the Ring…

Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins share a very intimate friendship. One could even say they were brothers. Sam displays signs of deep concern for Frodo throughout the film. This is shown in the way he looks at Frodo, taking risks to protect him, and so forth. Frodo does the same for Sam, but in a less risky sense. He cares for him deeply, but doesn’t seem to take the same life threatening risks Sam does in order to do what is right for the relationship. In one part of the film, Frodo was…

The book The Fellowship of the Ring begins with a quiet life of the Hobbits in The Shire. When Frodo Baggins comes into the possession of the One Ring, left for him by his cousin Bilbo Baggins, he and three of his friends set out to destroy the ring because of its dangerous power. Soon after, they get lost and almost die. Frodo is gravely injured and needed to be healed by the Rivendell Elves. In Rivendell, a council is formed and it is decided that a group including a wizard, an Elf, Dwarves,…

the story from The Hobbit. One of the main themes of the story is an seemingly unimportant person being forced to be a hero. The books starts with Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, giving a magical ring to his younger cousin Frodo. A while later, a wizard named Gandalf comes to tell Frodo that the ring belongs to Sauron, a very evil and power being. Frodo sets off on a journey with his friends to get help from the elves and they meet a mysterious man named Strider along the way. Once they get to the…

“The dragon sickness is a malady that affects all of us. Well, most of us.” (The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies) J.R.R Tolkien’s literary series that follows the lives of the hobbits and the dwarves of Middle Earth exemplifies a variety of themes and conflicts that leaves the audience reeling for more as the pages grow in number. Many scholars suggest that the ring of Sauron is the ultimate antagonist within the story; however, the ring itself is not inherently evil, nor is it inherently good…

“I’m not a hero or a warrior, not even a burglar.”(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Although not written in the book, these words were spoken by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It is in this scene that Bilbo describes himself to Thorin as just an average creature, when in reality he is anything but that. Thorin, who up until this time doubted Bilbo, realizes that without him, he would not have survived the previous attack. Character developments and connections like these…

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit” -- so begins a story that seems to have sprung to life of its own accord. As Tolkien himself stated, he picked up a pen and scrawled those ten little words on the blank page of a student examination book. Tolkien made clear throughout his life that didn’t set out to write a covert allegory of the Gospel, and yet his story is rich in spiritual significance and “filled with images of transcendent truth.” Finding God in the Hobbit pXX As Jim Ware…