[Eldar14]

Of all the characters that have been listed that are associated with hope, I have noticed that they are all good people and powerful people (Aragorn, Gandalf, etc.). However, there is a character on the opposite ends of the extreme, weak and selfish, who also has an embodiment of hope to accompany him. Gollum.

Gollum may not stand out to be associated with hope. He is one of the few places Frodo looks for hope. Frodo hopes that Gollum can become good again, because if someone so ravaged by the ring as Gollum can recover, then Frodo can also. Frodo looks to Gollum with hope. Also, Gollum turns out to be the final hope for the saving of ME, when he and the hobbits are finally in Mt. Doom.