Well, I started reading the chapter and I realized that there was yet another difference between Frodo and Bilbo (that I hope no one has pointed out and I'm very sorry if they did). Bilbo was more anxious to go on his adventure in The Hobbit than Frodo was. That would make Frodo more of a heroe then because he was an unwilling hero....just a thought that leaped out at me.
I always liked the splashes of humour in this chapter as well. It puts silver linings in the clouds of darkness and makes Frodo a much more likeable character, methinks.
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They left the washing up for Lobelia
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Simply classic. I think that moments like these makes Frodo's character more hobbity, as opposed at the end of the book when he is more elvish.
Regarding the fox, I think that, technically it was a violation of fiction but maybe that's one of the reasons it's so loveable.
Maybe that was a segement of the rough draft with Bingo when the novel was going to be nothing more than a sequal to a children's story.
Well, those are my thoughts on the chapter.