Concerning Hobbits


My brother has two goldfish, which he has named Merry and Pippin. I was glad to see them alive and happy when I came home, and to see that they are no longer biting each other's fins. They have turned to be very like their namesakes for several reasons:


1.) They love to eat
2.) They're always happy
3.) They've survived lots of hardships--- Most of my brother's goldfish have died in a matter of weeks, and they're nearing their first birthday
4.) We got them as little tiny goldfish, but now they're huge, lol. (ent draught, remember? from the book or the extended version)


It's hard for me to decide which hobbit I like best. They're all loveable in their own way. Pippin is great comic relief and Billy Boyd has the most gorgeous voice ever. . . Sam is so loyal, and simple, and brave. . . Frodo. . . it's hard to describe what makes Frodo heroic. Being a Frodo fan, I have to say that the movie made him out to be worse than he is. Never at any point in the book did Frodo trust Gollum more than Sam, or dismiss him. They argued only over one thing: Sam distrusted Gollum and wanted to kill him, while Frodo had pity for Gollum, and realized that they need him as a guide. And Sam never had any direct evidence of Gollum's traitorousness, only suspicions. . . Though Sam's loyalty can't be matched, and Frodo would never have made it without Sam, if he had let Sam kill Gollum, the ring would never have gone into the lava. Though he cannot escape posession by the ring, it is this compassionate decision of Frodo's that saves the quest at the last moment. And though there are Smeagol-Frodo parallels, they're not completely alike. Posession by the ring took a lot longer for Frodo and Bilbo than it did for Smeagol. . . The posession by the ring is inevitable even for the kindest and wisest, according to Gandalf, but the purity of intention makes itself apparent in how long the posession takes.


I get carried away. . . But I have to defend Frodo's honor. I'm not sure how Frodo appears to those who haven't read the books.