Greatest hobbit deeds/actions

[Inziladun]

No one's mentioned the courage of male Hobbits in marrying women with such hairy feet? Or the patience of Hobbit women in cooking meals for their husbands every two hours?

Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

22-Deagol finds the Ring in the Anduin

I wouldn't count that as particularly brave, though it certainly was a noteworthy deed, attributable to "luck" though it was.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

I wouldn't count that as particularly brave, though it certainly was a noteworthy deed, attributable to "luck" though it was.

I think it's more of a great deed on the Rings part than Deagol's.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Why is it of greater significance that Sam gives the ring back to Frodo, than Bilbo leaves the Ring for Frodo?

[narfforc]

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

Why is it of greater significance that Sam gives the ring back to Frodo, than Bilbo leaves the Ring for Frodo?

It's a good question Rune, on the one hand Bilbo held it the longest of the three, on the other Sam held it closer to Mordor where it was excerting more power to corrupt...... so who showed more willpower in giving it up?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by narfforc

It's a good question Rune, on the one hand Bilbo held it the longest of the three, on the other Sam held it closer to Mordor where it was excerting more power to corrupt...... so who showed more willpower in giving it up?

Also, Bilbo had the help of Gandalf. But Sam was giving it to Frodo, to whom he was ready to give his life.

Personally, I think Bilbo did a greater thing. Firstly, he was the first ever to give away the Ring without physical strength involved. Secondly, Sam was only "borrowing" the Ring, and he took it with the assumption that it's still Frodo's, the "rightful" ringbearers. Bilbo was, in a sense, the Ringbearer. He should be compared to Frodo, not Sam. But in Frodo's case, there are too many factors like proximity to Modor involved. In his case, it really plays a differenre.

It's the difference of giving back and giving away.