Lord of the Rings | Ideas for Group Discussions for The Lord of the Rings
The bildungsroman concept discussed in connection with The Hobbit above is perhaps even more relevant to The Lord of the Rings. This is true, in part, because we discover what happened to Bilbo in later life. Some of the ramifications of his adventures are not entirely clear at the end of The Hobbit. More importantly, however, the concept of the bildungsroman is even more relevant to Frodo Baggins, the protagonist of The Lord of the Rings, than it was to Bilbo in The Hobbit. Frodo actually is a young man when his novel opens. Although like Bilbo, he is far from impoverished, he also is...
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