Nov 14, 2009

The Fellowship of the Ring | Characters

Central to The Fellowship of the Ring is Frodo Baggins and his friendship with his faithful servant, Samwise Gamgee. Although Frodo may hail from the middle class and Sam from slightly humbler origins, both represent the ability of the common person to rise to the occasion and accomplish uncommon tasks. Both Frodo and Sam, and particularly the latter, bring a commonsense "everyman" approach to problem solving, even when the problems confronting them seem far beyond those with which most people would consider themselves equipped to deal. Fellowship ends with the breaking of...