True Hero: Frodo or Samwise? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Galendor · 12-22-2007, 09:45 AM

Both Frodo and Sam are "heroic" characters, but in my thinking Frodo is meant to be the main "hero" - because he chose to be the Ring bearer, and suffered greatly and permanently from this immense burden.

I see Sam more as the "everyman" character - a type of character that the reader can more relate to, in terms of motivations and reactions.

12-22-2007, 09:45 AM	#17
Galendor Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mirkwood, NC Posts: 66	Both Frodo and Sam are "heroic" characters, but in my thinking Frodo is meant to be the main "hero" - because he chose to be the Ring bearer, and suffered greatly and permanently from this immense burden. I see Sam more as the "everyman" character - a type of character that the reader can more relate to, in terms of motivations and reactions. __________________ Time is the mind, the hand that makes (fingers on harpstrings, hero-swords, the acts, the eyes of queens).