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		| If you were to use the search function, you would see this thread repeated over and over ... and over. There is a reason that the search function is there. (That was what we call a "hint".)
 
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 Not to seem obtuse, but I don't get the hint.  If it means that this discussion has gone on a lot already - sorry, I didn't find it (I did search).
Anyway - I believe that all the members were heroes!  And the quest needed every single one (even poor overlooked Gimli)  I just think Sam is the hero as in main character (def'n 2a in the post by Gorwingel)  See, my sister thinks I hate Frodo because I think Sam is the best - but it's not like that at all.  They're all great, but I think if you look at the book from the perspective of how Tolkien wrote it, you will find that sam is the central character