Fellowship Of The Ring Literary Analysis

When analyzing J.R.R. Tolkien's best selling book, The Fellowship of the Rings, Frodo Baggins seems to be the obvious choice as to who is the hero in the novel but, there is no singular hero in the story of the ring. A hero is loyal, brave, and exhibits self control whilst tempted with the powers of evil that may try and render them senseless. Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins are the true heros of The Fellowship of the Ring because they display the characteristics of heroes while they traverse the perilous journey to destroy the ring.

Loyalty is depicted all throughout the story but the most unwavering example of loyalty is Sam and Frodo’s friendship. The devotion that Sam has to Frodo is shown from the time that Gandalf the Grey suggest Sam as Frodo’s companion through until the end of the book. The journey is a dangerous one but Sam is willing and will not leave
The ring inevitably corrupts and imposes thoughts and actions upon its keeper. The ring is the source of ultimate power. As seen with Gollum, once a boy named Smeagol, the ring hinted to him to kill his dearest friend, Deagol to hold the power, and in turn it physically changed his appearance into something inhuman and has the ability to change men from human to Black Rider. The constant temptation of the ring is a burden that Frodo has to handle throughout the whole plot of the book. Sam is there to aid Frodo in helping to dull the urge to put the ring on.
Although Frodo fought his hardest against the will of the ring, there were still times where it seemed that the ring has a mind of its own, “How it came to be on his finger he could not tell. He could only suppose that he had been handling it in his pocket while he sang, and that somehow it had slipped on when he slipped on when he stuck out his hand with a jerk to save his fall.”(Tolkien