Would Frodo have turned out Like Gollum - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Earendil evening star · 02-07-2003, 06:06 AM

I think that with Frodo, it would have taken a long time to make him like Gollum. But he wasn't so easily corrupted to start with plus he didn't kill his best friend.
I think that we actually have to sympathise with Gollum because he could have been an ordinary "hobbit like creature" like the ancestors of Bilbo and Frodo. There are hints in the book where he has human feelings, like when Frodo and Sam are sleeping huddled up together Gollum seems to feel something like compassion, so I think that yes, Frodo would have turned out like Gollum and I think that Gollum is someone to be pitied and not hated.

02-07-2003, 06:06 AM	#3
Earendil evening star Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 26	I think that with Frodo, it would have taken a long time to make him like Gollum. But he wasn't so easily corrupted to start with plus he didn't kill his best friend. I think that we actually have to sympathise with Gollum because he could have been an ordinary "hobbit like creature" like the ancestors of Bilbo and Frodo. There are hints in the book where he has human feelings, like when Frodo and Sam are sleeping huddled up together Gollum seems to feel something like compassion, so I think that yes, Frodo would have turned out like Gollum and I think that Gollum is someone to be pitied and not hated. __________________ "Earendil,the Evening Star,and most beloved of the elves,shone clear above" Chapter vII