Frodo Baggins In The Hobbit

Despite being a hobbit, Frodo Baggins is a modern example of an epic hero. He embodies the values of the hobbits by living a simple life, yet he risks that life when he sets out on a great quest to save Middle Earth. A true hero should not be judged by his supernatural strength but by the size of their heart and willingness to give up his life to save the world. He has help on his journey from a few supernatural allies. Tolkien in no way presents Frodo as a hero with supernatural strength ready to face defeat a ferocious beast, but rather as reluctant and full of self-doubt. Throughout his quest to take the Ring to Mordor and destroy it, Frodo faces an internal struggle with the Ring’s evil and his own self-doubt. The most crucial point of
Once Frodo has the ring in his possession, Gandalf the wizard reveals to Frodo the ring is the one ring that controls a host of other rings of power that were dispersed among the races of Middle earth. According to Ishay Landa’s Slaves of the Ring: Tolkien’s Political Unconscious “The Ring has a power greater than that of goodwill and free determination. In Christian terms, divine grace must compensate for the infirmity of the human will.”(125) The Ring drives evil in Middle-earth and it is depicted as a corruption and distortion of prior goodness. It can corrupt even the purest of hearts. The ring will corrupt whoever gives in to its temptation and becomes a slave to it. The ring is a heavy burden for whoever carries it, and it forces the bearer into complete isolation. Weakness and slavery affects every race of Middle-earth which shows the extent of the ring’s power. Frodo is tempted by the ring many times. The human race is subjected to temptation as Adam and Eve's temptation weakened humanity which means that we are subject to the temptations of Satan. Sauron, a mysterious power who has sought to control all people, is searching for the ring. Having the ring is his possession puts Frodo and everyone around him in grave danger. Frodo feels like it is his responsibility to take the ring out of the Shire. He leaves his beloved Shire and sets out on his
The most traumatic was the loss of Gandalf while escaping the mines Moria. The fellowship makes it to the Golden Forest. They come upon Galadriel who is like a psychic. Galadriel knows a person’s moral character just by looking at them. Galadriel has a basin of water she calls the Mirror of Galadriel. She makes Frodo look into the mirror. She tells Frodo, “Remember that the Mirror shows many things, and not all have yet come to pass. Some never come to be, unless those that behold the visions turn aside from their path to prevent them. The Mirror is a dangerous guide of deeds.” Frodo looks into the mirror where he sees what will happen if he were to fail his mission. She tells Frodo that the Fellowship has been broken and that the others will eventually try to go after the ring. Frodo then offers Galadriel the ring but she declines it. He tells her that he cannot accomplish the mission on his own. Galadriel then tells him “You are a ring-bearer, Frodo. To bear a ring of power is to be alone. This task was appointed to you. And if you do not find a way, no one will.” She tells him this in hopes to encourage him on his mission, in which she succeeds. Frodo develops as a hero by his determination to save Middle earth, strong will and moral compass. Frodo realizes the Ring will destroy everyone around him, “ Because the Fellowship is burdened with the responsibility of bearing the Ring and because