Quote:
|
Originally Posted by mark12_30
I think it's very significant that Bilbo AND Frodo went west. Frodo needed someone to care for. Bilbo was it.
|
Indeed!
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Letter #246
Bilbo went too. No doubt as a completion of the plan due to Gandalf himself. Gandalf had a very great affection for Bilbo, from the hobbit's childhood onwards. His companionship was really necessary for Frodo's sake – it is difficult to imagine a hobbit, even one who had been through Frodo's experiences, being really happy even in an earthly paradise without a companion of his own kind, and Bilbo was the person that Frodo most loved.
|
__________________
"May the wicked become good. May the good obtain peace. May the peaceful be freed from bonds. May the freed set others free."
|