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Rose Cotton · 03-06-2002, 06:29 AM

Frodo was very strong in his will power.
The thing is that for half of TTT and ROTK Frodo is not himself.
If the ring wasn't weighing on him I'm sure he would have tried harder to accomplish his task.
Because if you remember he tried realy hard in the begining because the ring didn't have as much of a hold.
As for not wanting to kill in the Shire I agree that Frodo learned pity from Gollum and that made him even stonger.

Sam wasn't that strong in the begining. Part of it was because he was in a 'growing' stage and Part of it was he had people to protect him.
His love for Frodo is what made him strong as did the relisation that he alone had to help Frodo in TTT and ROTK.
If you remember Sam always took it on himself to do the jobs and take care of things.
As for it being Sam's story it kind of swiched over halfway through the story.
The first part was Frodo's side of the story and the second part was Sam's side of the story.

Does that make sence?

03-06-2002, 06:29 AM	#53
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	Frodo was very strong in his will power. The thing is that for half of TTT and ROTK Frodo is not himself. If the ring wasn't weighing on him I'm sure he would have tried harder to accomplish his task. Because if you remember he tried realy hard in the begining because the ring didn't have as much of a hold. As for not wanting to kill in the Shire I agree that Frodo learned pity from Gollum and that made him even stonger. Sam wasn't that strong in the begining. Part of it was because he was in a 'growing' stage and Part of it was he had people to protect him. His love for Frodo is what made him strong as did the relisation that he alone had to help Frodo in TTT and ROTK. If you remember Sam always took it on himself to do the jobs and take care of things. As for it being Sam's story it kind of swiched over halfway through the story. The first part was Frodo's side of the story and the second part was Sam's side of the story. Does that make sence? __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)