Fellowship Of The Ring Literary Analysis

J.R.R Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring tells a story of a hobbit, Frodo, who has to take a journey in order to destroy the One Ring. Frodo, even though he isn’t directly related to Bilbo, he shares many interests and traits with him that aren’t normally associated with hobbits. Bilbo, when he was Frodo’s age, had the desire to travel and Frodo will also have this desire to travel but this is very odd because hobbits don’t like to travel. Tolkien uses the hobbits as a symbol to portray that even though they are very little, they have the biggest responsibilities and the biggest job. Through the hobbits’ journey, Tolkien uses characterization, symbolism, and setting to show how each character evolves throughout the journey whether it be the setting or an outside force that brings about their evolution.
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Hobbits in general are simple and Tolkien describes them by saying, “they love peace and quiet” (1). In Hobbiton, things are simple and this setting influences Frodo because it leads him to be somewhat naive when it comes to matters such as the Ring. The mood of Hobbiton is very joyous and happy and because of the mood, Frodo and his hobbit companions don't know how to deal with hardships that well. In Moria, they are faced with a huge hardship. When Gandalf is dragged down by the Balrog, they just stood there shocked just trying to let the realization of what just happened sink in. This is one way that Moria is very different than Hobbiton is because here you never know what to expect and that is exactly what happens. The Gate of Moria foreshadows what it is actually going to be like in Moria. Tolkien describes the path leading up to the Gate of Moria as, “stumps and dead boughs were rotting in the shallows” and describing the trees as, “stiff, dark, and silent” (295). By using this description, he is foreshadowing that anything that they face in Moria will not be good. When they actually get past the

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