[Gorwingel]

Then another thing that I think added to Frodo loneliness was that even when he rose above the level of every other hobbit that ever lived, it still was not reconized in the only place that really mattered to him, the Shire.
Because when he comes back from his long journey, the scouring of the shire happens, and Merry and Pippin become very famous. And Frodo is kind of ignored, because what he did that made him well known did not happen in the Shire, it happened in the rest of Middle Earth, and the Hobbits really did not care about that, sadly. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
This also makes me remember something that some others have talked about, Sam is trying to reach out to Frodo many times, during the journey, but they just can't seem to come together, especially at the end. These are some of the most bittersweet parts of the story, you want them to live happily but they just can't.