Fodo As A Hero In Lord Of The Flies

The Lord of the Rings is reminiscent of many different legends and myths written before, such as the Arthurian legend and Greek Mythology. The most connecting factor between these myths and legends and Tolkien’s adventures are the steps that each hero transitions from in order to realize their full potential as a hero. Many of the characters within The Lord of the Rings could be examined by the hero pattern such as Sam and Aragorn, but the most notable character in my opinion is Frodo Baggins. Frodo had triumphs and downfalls, but is most definitely a hero in the eyes of Tolkien, readers, and the people in and out of the Shire within the story. There are eleven steps in the hero pattern, or “the Monomyth," that the hero may or may not

Although Frodo does not go through every step of the Monomyth, he does follow the pattern closely enough that he can be considered to be one of the traditional heroes. Frodo quickly runs through the first few steps of the hero pattern. The first step of the hero journey is the hero beginning in their “ordinary world,” which for Frodo is Bag End (“The Hero’s Journey”. Frodo loves his home, but is considered to be “out-of-place” because people are very familiar with his familial history and that makes them curious ("The Hero's Journey"). Although he does not “possess some ability or characteristic” that is special, his family history his what calls him to the quest, which happens to be step two in

This is where, according to Campbell, the hero journeys from the land that is evil, Mount Doom, back to the land where he came from, Bag End or the good part of the land. Just like in the beginning where Frodo refused the acceptance of the quest, there is also a “Refusal of the Return: when the hero has obtained the boon, he is prevented from returning either by his own desire to linger in the world of the gods” or in the case of Frodo, “by some outside force” (Ramawamy). Eventually Frodo does cross the return threshold. It takes time to restore the Shire to what it once was, but they do it successfully. Frodo is now considered to be the Hero as Master of the Two Worlds, because he is a hero to the people residing in the Shire and the ones that are residing in the surrounding areas. Frodo and his friends have now reached the final piece of the hero Monomyth, the freedom to live if he so