In J.R.R Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, many changes and transformations happen to the characters, good or bad. Many of these transformations revolve around and occur because of The Ring. It can bring out the best or worst in a person. For example, the wizard Saruman was once on the opposing side of The Ring and all the evil it brought, but it didn't take much for him to turn into the thing he once fought against. However, a character that I truly believe changed for the better is Frodo Baggins. At the beginning of the novel, Frodo Baggins is just a regular Hobbit from the Shire. He loves the Shire because it's where he made his childhood memories and is very fond of his uncle, Bilbo Baggins. As Bilbo’s birthday arrives, he announced