Biggest Heroes in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Pervinca Took · 03-16-2014, 04:44 PM

I agree, Lotrelf. I also think Frodo was just as brave after his quest as during it, and that a substantial part of his decision to sail west was so as not to cast a shadow of illness and death over the lives of his friends. Although I am confident that it was the best decision for himself, too, and that he knew it. It still takes gumption to do something like that. There is an element of a "leap of faith" in the decision to depart for Tol Eressea on a one-way ticket, even, as Tolkien put it, for "someone who had been through Frodo's experiences."

Edit: good point, Morthoron!

03-16-2014, 04:44 PM	#27
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I agree, Lotrelf. I also think Frodo was just as brave after his quest as during it, and that a substantial part of his decision to sail west was so as not to cast a shadow of illness and death over the lives of his friends. Although I am confident that it was the best decision for himself, too, and that he knew it. It still takes gumption to do something like that. There is an element of a "leap of faith" in the decision to depart for Tol Eressea on a one-way ticket, even, as Tolkien put it, for "someone who had been through Frodo's experiences." Edit: good point, Morthoron! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."