Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Frodo: The Underdog

     Frodo is the underdog of The Lord of the Rings. He symbolizes an ant. This is a lame comparison for most people, but Frodo is ant. This ant is the persistent hard worker in the background. You never see the work of the ant and they usually are just annoying under appreciated animals. They have great strength for their size and work together. When you see an ant you don't think anything of it until they multiple and become a huge problem, their anthill; or in this case Frodo's ring. Sauron the evil Lord does not take Frodo as a threat because he is a small hobbit that Sauron could crush in seconds, however Frodo is his biggest problem. Frodo works under wraps, the unsung hero. Frodo is currently escaping Sauron's Army in the land of Gondor with Faramir and  his troops. Faramir a man who tries to keep Gondor free from the "Dark Lord" thinks that Frodo could do nothing and is working for Sauron when Frodo is the only one that can save him. Appearances can often be deceptive, when you see that first ant you think nothing of it but when you see all of the ants and there hole you panic. Usually the ant surprises you because you never cared enough or thought you had the time to see if the could be part of something big like an ant hole. This describes Frodo, he is on the good guys but he is not someone you would consider a threat. In this way you can think Frodo as that ant, the thing you don't think of until its too late.


Description of Frodo: Short (3.5 feet), Black Hair, blue eyes eyes, Caucasian, round, green clothes with a grey cape, no shoes, small petite fingers, and gentle face.
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2 comments:

  1. Frodo is the most pathetic character in any story ever. I like the books but Frodo is a big gullible whimp

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  2. That's definitely an interesting analogy. One ant can't do much, but the rest of the fellowship gets him to Mount Doom. On that note, it might actually be possible to make a comparison between ants and most large casts of heroes.

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