The Theme Of Friendship In Tolkien's 'Lord Of The Rings'

Frodo, the protagonist of The Fellowship of the Rings, is given his call to adventure at the Shire. It occurs when Gandalf realizes that Bilbo Baggins’ ring is in fact the One Ring of Sauron, the dark lord. This ring contains great power and evil within it. Gandalf realizes the artifact’s true danger, and realizes it must be taken from the peaceful Shire. He entrusts the task of its transportation to Frodo Baggins, the nephew of Bilbo, calling Frodo to his adventure. Hobbits such as he are ideal for this mission due to their natural aversion to power. Coupled

Lord Acton once said, "Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely." He was probably referring to the powerful kings and queens who held power over many people. But, we could see how power is something many of the characters in Tolkien's story are trying to have and hold onto in some form or another. In The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien tells us a story about Frodo Baggins who is ordered by Gandalf to destroy the powerful ring discovered accidentally by his older cousin, Bilbo. Like the rest of the hobbits, Frodo has lived quite peacefully and well, not having to worry about how dark and dreary the rest of Middle Earth was becoming under Sauron's growing power. Now, Frodo,

Like all archetypal heroes, Frodo begins in an ordinary world. He lives in the Shire with family and close friends. He does not seek adventure, and he is content to sit, smoke a pipe, and tell stories. He receives his call to adventure when Gandalf shows up and asks him to carry the ring to flames of Mount Doom. The ring has been causing a disturbance in Middle Earth, and Gandalf believes Frodo can handle the challenge. Frodo is reluctant to answer the call. He is comfortable and happy, and the journey

First, Bilbo is selfless. He shows this to be true during many troubles on this journey. As he travels with twelve dwarves and a wizard, who has now left them, through many lands, their journey brings them to Mirkwood, a very large, dark wood with many dangerous and horrifying creatures. In this forest, the company encounters giant spiders and the dwarves are captured and wrapped in spider silk, while Bilbo hides by using a magical ring that he had found earlier in their travels. He then uses his sword to fight the beasts and save his friends. After this, they notice that Thorin, the king of the dwarves, was missing. They searched for him and the path which they had lost before their quarrel with the spiders. Then, Wood elves with bows and swords surrounded them and captured all but Bilbo, for he had once again used his ring to ‘disappear’. The elves took the dwarves to their palace and locked them away in the king’s dungeon, where Thorin was also.

     Frodo Baggins also takes on a moral code as he accepts his role as the Ring Bearer. Hobbits by nature are fun loving and non-competitive, but Frodo says to Elrond, “I will take the ring. . .though I do not know the way.'; (Tolkien, p.324) When sitting in the chair of the Guardian Kings of Gordor at the top of Amon Hen in the Seat of Seeing, Frodo sees the world covered by Orcs, Lorien in smoke and Borenings’s land on fire and finally sees and feels the Eye of Sauron. He cries out, “I will do now

Tolkien, The Hobbit, page 178). In the midst of the battle against the spiders, Bilbo told the dwarves this. He sacrificed himself in order to save the dwarves from the spiders. After they escaped from the grasp of the spiders, they were locked in the elves kingdom- except for Bilbo. On page 194 of The Hobbit the author states, “Then in crept the Hobbit. Very soon the chief guard had no keys, but Bilbo was trotting as fast as he could along the passage towards the cells” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, page 194). Once again, Bilbo used the advantages of his magic ring to save the dwarves from their predicament. Later on, Bilbo conducted an escape plan and saved the dwarves. Finally, on page 230 of The Hobbit, Thorin states, “Now is the time

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. Tolkien, was born on January third 1892 in Bloemfontein South Africa and was the son of Arthur and Mabel Suffield Tolkien. After his father's death in 1896 Tolkien's mother moved herself and her two children, J.R.R (at the time called Ronald) and his younger brother Hilary to Sarehole near Birmingham. When Tolkien was twelve his mother died and he and his brother were sent to live with one of their relatives when a Catholic priest became their legal guardian. (biography.com J.R.R. Tolkien Linguist and Author) At the onset of World War 1 Tolkien did not immediately rush to join the war. He instead remained at Oxford and received his degree in 1915. During the time leading up to his

Bilbo had escaped. " It took a lot of courage from Bilbo to escape from the goblins after their leader has been killed becuase they are extremly mad and upset. For Mr. Baggins to escape when he know that the goblins can still see his shadow is couragous because he knows they can still catch him, which is why he stayed in the shadows of the

Three Rings for the Elven-Kings under the sky, Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone, Nine for mortal men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord in his dark throne. In the Land or Mordor where the shadow lies.

The ever-present vale of friendship is once again emphasized in this passage to highlight the fact that friendship was one of the things that Bilbo gained from the journey, and will remain with him for the entirety of his life. The passage states that "he remained an elf-friend and had the honour of dwarves, wizards and all such folk as ever passed that way" which effectively highlights the fact that Bilbo has developed an understanding of the value of friendship throughout the journey. At the beginning of the novel, Bilbo was described as a vain an conceited hobbit, who takes pride in his reputation and values his neighbors' respect. Although the Bagginses were held in high esteem and "people considered them very respectable," Bilbo did not

Frodo Baggins is one of the main characters in this movie. He was given the ring from Bilbo when he announced that he was leaving the shire. Bilbo trusted Frodo to get the ring and since the focus of the story is on the ring, that makes the ring-bearer our main character, known as the hero. Frodo is a hero because he always tried his best to follow the directions he was told, even when it was tempting to do otherwise. The ring is very powerful, and his mission was to destroy the ring before Sauron and his men could get to it. By taking charge of this mission, he is a very heroic character.

Throughout the novel Frodo Baggins’s thought process changes. The author hints that this is because of the ring Frodo is constantly wearing around his neck throughout his journey. At the start of the novel Frodo perceived the ring as an evil source, he tried to stay away from the ring. His only goal was to destroy the ring that brought the lives of so many men to an end.“found that whilst he slowly the ring had been hung about his neck on a new chain, small but strong. Bilbo held out his hand but Frodo quickly drew

When given, or exposed to power, people may become corrupt. In J. J. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring it is shown that when people are tempted or given power they may become corrupt. We can see this through the characters Frodo Baggins; the bearer of a powerful ring, Gollum, the previous bearer, and lastly it is shown through Bilbo Baggins another bearer.

"Three Rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his Dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. 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 Shadows lie(Tolkien)." Master of storytelling J.R.R. Tolkien continues the lives of the fictitious creatures that he introduced in The Hobbit, in his modern classic The Fellowship of the Ring. He artfully illustrates the truths of the evil that plague the hearts of man. He tells a story of greed, destruction and how mortal men are enslaved by

Aragorn II Elessar son of Isledor is a ranger of the North and leads a contingent of wandering Dunadane in a secrete defense of the hobbit occupied lands of the Shire. At the beginning of the series he is sent to escort the hobbits entrusted with the ring to the elven