![]() ![]() When encountering elves, he tries to speak in their ancient tongue he recalls the words from a song about Elbereth, Queen beyond the Western Seas.ĭifferent skills acquired by Frodo during his journey help him to accomplish Bilbo’s great cause – creation of the Red Book of Westmarch to “keep alive the memory of the age that is gone, so that people will remember the Great Danger and so love their beloved”. Strength and zeal for a 50-year-old hobbit – he sets out for his journey at this very age – is given by the Ring, powerful and mighty.įor a hobbit, Frodo is broad-minded and smart. No wonder Frodo longs to experience similar adventures himself. The young hobbit was always fascinated by marvelous stories by his uncle Bilbo about mythical beings like elves and trolls. He is among the first, who read the beginning of a notorious Red Book of Westmarch. Despite knowing that his true friend Sam is always ready to help, Frodo knows – he is the one responsible for the outcome of the journey.ĭeep inside the main hero of “the Lord of the Rings” is a big dreamer. Baggins, like Jesus, bears his cross throughout all the three parts of the fantasy adventure, not trusting anyone with his heavy and, at times, dangerous burden. It is true that he is one of the Nine Walkers in the Company of the Ring but, nevertheless, all the main job falls upon his shoulders. In general, Frodo should be characterized as a hobbit who prefers to act alone. Also, Frodo couldn’t resist the temptation of tossing off a glass of good wine. Frodo loved to spend his free time with them tramping all over the Shire but more often he wandered by himself, and to the amazement of sensible folk he was sometimes seen far from home walking in the hills and woods under the starlight. His only friends were Meriadoc Brandybuck a.k.a. After Bilbo’s departure to the elves, Frodo stood aloof from the other hobbits. Probably it was caused by his parents’ death and the envy of his neighbours. While living in the Shire Frodo wasn’t talkative, quite the opposite. In 3001, Frodo inherited Bilbo’s property, including the Ring. Bilbo’s considerable fortune, which emerged after his adventures described in “The Hobbit”, added fuel to the fire. Legends existed about Frodo’s treasures in the Shire that probably explains why many hobbits treated him and his uncle with envy and contempt. The Baggins’ house was enormous and luxurious, therefore Bilbo didn’t find himself deprived of anything there. In 2980, after the tragic death of his parents, Frodo was adopted by his uncle Bilbo and, became like a son to him. Bilbo, a respectable hobbit, is undoubtedly well-known not only from “The Lord of the Rings”, but also from “The Hobbit”. As to his mother – the youngest daughter of the Brandybuck’s – it is known that she was Bilbo Baggins’ cousin. Not much is known about his father, who is characterized by Gamgee as “a decent hobbit there was never much to tell of him, till he drownded”. ![]() Frodo is the only son of Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. Like the other hobbits from the Fellowship of the Ring, he dwells in the Shire. ![]() Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy “The Lord of the Rings”. Frodo Baggins, born on SeptemT.A., is the key figure of J.R.R. ![]()
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