![]() I find that LOTR is much more thematically rich than the Hobbit. ![]() I know many are probably sick of my babbling about thematic development. I'll bite the bait on ths one and be the devil's advocate. Hopefully what I've posted won't be taken too seriously. I know for many Frodo is THE character and this may be blasphemy. Maybe it's just the setting or the nature of the quest or the other characters that 'stole the show' so to speak. In all honesty I found better character development and more genuine characters for the most part in other members of the fellowship compared to Frodo for that matter. I just am having trouble seeing that same 3 dimensional depth to him that I find in Bilbo. Frodo? I'm treated to at least as many pages across 3 books and he just seems so detached, cold and serious. 1.5 books on Bilbo and I feel like I know him quite well and get more than just a kick out of his ups, down, fallibilities etc. There are perhaps a myriad of reasons for my impression and it's taken me something like 25 years before this has even dawned on me. What I'm coming to is this: for me, Bilbo is just a much much more flushed out and tangible character whereas I find Frodo a distant, cold and well shallow or 2 dimensional character. So I go back and skim through or read a few chapters here and there and sure enough. (NO this is not a movie post - do not move it to that forum) Well now we have the cinematic releases and that's probably where this (I'm coming to it) began to crystalize somewhat (especially after listening to the directors commentary on the EE). That was an intriguing moment in the 1st reading for me. But I dont' think I fully gave up hope as to Bilbo's involvement until Frodo reached Rivendell. It dawned on me in a couple chapters in (carefull here - I'm reaching way way way back in my faulty memory trying to recall initial impressions here!) that this may not revolve around Bilbo. I tore into it wanting to learn more about Bilbo and the Shire etc and was quite satisfied until. Shortly thereafter I graduated to the Lord of the Rings. Please excuse the long winded nature of this post - this is something that has only come to me over many years and I'm curious what others think.Īs a child, I fell in love w/ reading the Hobbit and of course Bilbo was THE character from that book for me.
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