![]() His rejection of violence in the end of the book is also so impressive. "When things are in danger, someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them." But he's so gracious about it at the end and tells Sam: In the end he gives so much and gets back so little, at least in comparison to other heroic characters. In the least showy, but perhaps the most difficult, way possible, Frodo is utterly extraordinary. In Mordor, the Ring strips him of all tangible memories of why he's doing this (the Shire, the ordinary good things in the world), and yet he keeps going. ![]() He has no real hope of success (in a draft Tolkien had Gandalf describe him as "endurance beyond hope"), but he keeps going. Every step makes it clearer what the Ring is doing to him, but he keeps going. He's not just walking to almost certain death like many other characters - he's walking to the possible corruption of his own soul. But every time I come back to LotR I find him more extraordinary. All it took was for someone to get there.įrodo is oddly underated, even by book readers (the movie scripts do him a great disservice imho). But there is no being on earth that wouldn't fall in the end. Yes, he reached his limit and Sam had to carry him. He was the one that decided to take on the mission, and his resolve never wavered, even when he was captured, hungry and tired. He was one that carried the ring from the Shire to Rivendell. And while that second part is true, honestly, I feel in that bandwagon, Frodo rarely gets the respect he deserves. As a kid and as a teenager, I was well behind the idea that Sam is the real hero of the story, that without him Frodo wouldn't get far. I am now 22 and it still is my favorite film series of all time and the more I grow up and mature, the more I appreciate it I was born in 2000, and ever since then, I was hooked on the series. ![]() When I first watched LOTR I was like 7 years old. (Assuming that LOTR has a thing such as a "real hero" in the first place). If you are discussing something new, such as the recent Hobbit movies, please use spoiler tags as follows: (/spoiler)Īnd remember NOT to put spoilers in your post titles! If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world! Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli Snoos created by Tom Sexton LoTR - Wikipedia Page Spoiler Tags - USE THEM! Tolkien Related Multi-Reddit to Rule them All Recommended Sites
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