Granted. I still see a difference between the two. Not least is that Frodo can't go home again. Not really. There is, of course, the greater gravity of the LotR quest. And you (or should I say, I) have a sense that Bilbo could have said "no" because it really had nothing to do with him, but really wanted to go; whereas Frodo had no such choice, because his uncle's heirloom made him the steward of the Ring, and thus the one appointed; it had everything to do with him, like it or not. So maybe it wasn't quest versus adventure as much as ...... oh....... fate? or providence? or meant-to-beness?
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