thread wreckers! this is about frodo! not sigys!!!
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IMHO Borimir was a great warior/fighter/defender/companion/instructer/teacher. He was great but it was all downhill after the counsil of elrond. The Ring corupted his mind, used him ( a man who is so easily suduced by it's powers),
His actions are not justifyed by the ring.IMHO
I actually have decided that Sam spent a REALLY long time with the Ring and never went after it and GAVE IT UP WILLINGLY (Go Sam!!) and he was the ONLY ring bearer to do that, Bilbo had to be pursuaded a bit by Gandalf at the end, but he did too... Boromir DID convince Frodo to go off on his own, which helped because then the others could do their heroic deeds...
I think Frodo is a really big hero first he left the Shire(his home which he loved) and then he bared the ring all the way to Mordor I agree he probably would not have gone that far without Sam..I think The True heroes of The whole trilogy were Frodo and Sam..I mean the other guys were awesome too...but did they really give great speeches and destroy the ring I don't think so....Anyways you shouldn't say that Frodo is not a hero.
bumping up....I don't think I replied to this thread yet. 🙂
Is Frodo a hero?
You bet he is. 🙂
Why? Because he is the chosen one. Because his goodness and willingness to do the right thing makes everyone help him along the way (Just because he is helped along the way doesn't make him less of a hero). And you have it straight from the mouth of Gandalf that no one could have achieved the task except for him.
All those hero types such as Húrin, Aragorn or Eärendil were basically made for that sort of thing. They're superhuman. Frodo on the other hand was just a wee little hobbit, who accomplished more than many of the heroes of old in terms of conquering fear and fighting off relentless evil. I don't think anyone was pursued as closely as Frodo was. Sauron was absolutely desperate to find him and the One Ring. Frodo never gave in to fear, never shirked the burden, even though he was not under any real obligation to do so, at least while the Fellowship lasted.
Sam is truly a great hero, but did not have to sacrifice all that Frodo did. He could have his cake and eat it too, being both a hero and a happy, family hobbit.
Frodo is the one who gave up the most to complete his task, and if he hadn't, Middle-earth would have most definitely been lost forever.
All those other characters are very heroic, and they should all be very proud of their accomplishments...but they were in a way born and bred to be heros, to go into battle, etc...
But Frodo had no idea when he was just a young little hobbit that he would get involved with something so much bigger than him. He never knew that he would travel to places that he never thought he would go to, and he never thought that he would basically give up his life to save Middle-earth and all the peoples of it.
For me being a hero is not just being extremely strong, or amazingly talented in the many tasks required in battle. It is how much you will give up, and how brave you will be to get a task done, or affect someone's life (or a whole bunch of people's lives).
Frodo is a hero because he gave up the most that he could possibly give up (basically he gave up his future), and he did something that was totally unexpected of him and his kind.
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I dont think ive replied here either yet, but i must REPLY, the temptation of replying to this great thread!
Frodo IS a hero, some people dont realize what he went through, as im watching these films, in my mind, I could feel what Frodo was going through, he beared the temptations of the Ring all the way to Mordor and to the firey cracks of doom, that is courage, he didnt give up, he wanted to keep going, but the weight of the ring kept bearing down on him, making it even harder for him to go on, he took the Ring of power, the ONE ring to rule them all and destroyed it, saving the entire middle earth, yes...he did fall around alot, because he was weak, and yes he was scared because hes a hobbit, hes never been to places like that before, it was all new to him, if i was him, yes id be afraid to, and also he did a damn good job of keeping the Ring away from gollum but trusting him to guide them to Mordor, he never gave into the Ring either, he fought the temptation, although at the end, he did go crazy and claimed the ring to be his, putting the ring on and disappearing, but the truth of the matter is Frodo is a hero in his own way, he carried the burden all the way, he never gave up and he destroyed the ring, and not to mention he left his home to do the task, he sacerficed alot to get the task done. So yes, Frodo is a amazing hero.
Sam is also the hero of the story, he motivated frodo to keep going, he was always there when frodo was weak and tired, to push him along, he even beared the ring, not giving into temptation of it and handed it to frodo, when i thought for sure sam was gonna keep it, and..he battled shelob, orcs, and even gollum for Frodo, Sam always knew that gollum was only after the ring, and warned frodo about him (Frodo of course NOT believing him until the end!) if sam wasnt there, Frodo would of been dead, no doubt by the orcs, gollum and shelob. Sam is definetly a hero of the story
And you have to admit...gollum was a little bit of a hero, if it wasnt for him, frodo and sam would of been lost, not knowing where to go, even though he wanted the ring, he helped them
But like you said...every character has a little heroness about them, they all deserve the applaudes and respect they deserve
Lol..sorry, i got carried away, sorry if it sounds like im rambling