Actually my first idea that Bilbo was an unwanted baggage for Dori, but since the Ring was an unwanted baggage for everyone, there's not much chance to get a clear answer. I thought about Sam, just in case TM is not right 
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories
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