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whereas Frodo had no such choice, because his uncle's heirloom made him the steward of the Ring, and thus the one appointed; it had everything to do with him, like it or not.
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Good point
lmp, and Tolkien does draw a lot of connections between Frodo and Bilbo. There birthdays are on the same day, when Frodo met Gildor the first thing Frodo talked about in their conversation was "have you seen Bilbo?," and it mentions in
A Long expected Party, how Frodo approaches 50, and yet is still active, and adventurous, which happened to be the same age Bilbo started to get anxious/antsy.
I also love the connections between Gloin/Gimli/Bilbo/Frodo. In
Many Meetings we see at the supper that Frodo sits next to Gloin and it states how they talked together for most of the time. Then later on in
Lothlorien
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"Come with me, Frodo!" cried the dwarf, springing from the road. "I would not have you go without seeing Kheled-Zaram."
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Now we see the growing friendship between Gloin's heir (Gimli), and Bilbo's heir (Frodo). So Tolkien is drawing all these connections between Bilbo and Frodo, as well as throughout his stories he draws other connections with (excuse me I don't know the proper word for this) "lineage."
Take the Istari for example. Radagast-Yavanna, so Radagast ends up being known for falling in love with nature, and tending the birds...etc. Saruman/Dwarves/Noldor-Aule, they all greed for something, or some desire whatever it may be. Gandalf-was said to not really to be represented by a Maia but is most like Manwe, so he succeeds in his "task."