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How Does Bilbo Present Fodo In Lord Of The Rings

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After celebrating his 111th birthday, Bilbo leaves the Shire, the land of the Hobbits, for what he calls a “permanent holiday”. Bilbo leaves Frodo, his younger cousin and adopted heir, all of his remaining belongings. This includes, due to great persuasion from Bilbo’s old wizard friend, Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo’s most treasured possession. A magic ring that, among other things, makes its wearer invisible. Gandalf leaves the Shire and warns Frodo to keep the ring secret until he returns. When Gandalf does years later, he tells Frodo of what he has discovered about Bilbo's ring; it is the “One Ring” of Sauron the Dark Lord. The ring is evil and is needed by Sauron to enslave all the people’s of Middle Earth. Word has come out that the Ring is in the Shire, so Frodo must leave with the Ring in order to keep it from Sauron. Gandalf and Frodo plan to go to Rivendell for advice from the elves concerning what to do with the Ring. Sam, Frodo’s best friend, and Frodo’s cousins Merry and Pippin accompany him. Along the way, the group is pursued by Riders. These turn out to be Nazgul, servants of Sauron sent to find the ring. The appearance of Nazgul causes the Ring, which has a mind of its own, to try to will Frodo to put on the Ring in order to reveal itself. The group of hobbits stop at the Prancing Pony inn on their way to Rivendell, …show more content…

Eventually, Boromir becomes drawn to and corrupted by to the Ring and tries to take it for himself from Frodo. In order to escape from Boromir, Frodo ends up putting on the Ring and becoming invisible. Because of this event, while the rest of the Fellowship scatters to find Frodo, Frodo decides leave the Fellowship and depart to Mordor alone, in order to prevent the rest of his companions from becoming corrupted by the Ring’s influence. His best friend Sam, however, finds him and insists on coming along. Thus, the two set off together to Mordor and the Fellowship is thus broken

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