In the beautiful land where elves, hobbits and other mythical creatures roam the fascinating lands of Middle-earth, lives a kind-hearted hobbit named Frodo Baggins. From the mind of J. R. R. Tolkien comes The Lord of the Rings, a story about a powerful ring and how the main protagonist, Frodo, will destroy in Mount Doom. The long journey is both mentally and physically straining as Frodo comes across many difficulties along the way while the ring slowly corrupts his mind. By the end of the series the ring is destroyed but Frodo does not head back home because of how much he changed. Frodo Baggins is hero because he saves many people by destroying the ring, despite that Frodo is not a confident character, but this is a minor flaw that can be easily overlooked. Frodo shows heroism in many ways. One of the main reasons he is a hero is because he saves many people and “by carrying the ring to Mount Doom in Mordor, Frodo Baggins saved Middle-earth” (Lozowski). This is the most important impact a hero makes, that they rise and take a chance to save not just them but their …show more content…
Even though Frodo is not confident he does have his moment where he “manifests courage he doesn’t know he has” (Harvey). It does not matter that Frodo is not confident because he always gets gets done what he needs to do. Also his lack of confidence makes him a more generous person because he does not look down on people and consider himself better because he is caring the ring. Secondly it can clearly be seen, “ how hard Frodo has to work to keep his mind clear of the Ring’s influence” (“Frodo Baggins”). The ring eventually does get to him but the fact that it took so long shows how humble he really is. Even under the influence of the ring he still manages to destroy the ring, so in the end it did not really matter. Frodo lack of confidence is a not a characteristic that can define who he really