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Old 04-20-2002, 08:59 PM   #30
Midgardsormen
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Having thought about it for a while, I believe there is some truth in both. I do believe Frodo was suffering from the trauma he went through both physically and mentally. But I also think that he grew tremendously because of all the suffering he endured, and because of the way he chose to perservere in spite of all the things he was going through. However, I also think that it was not lack of willingness to talk that led to him having to leave. I am sure that if at all possible, Sam would be a willing ear...he might not want to burden Sam, but Sam was quite astute, and if a friend's ear and sympathy was what was needed, Sam would have been there for him (after all Sam and Rosie moved in with Frodo). But I think that Sam saw that Frodo had grown beyond the Shire, and that the kind of help he needed and the kind of life he would find satisfying was no longer to be found in the Shire. So Sam did what he had to do....he let him go when the time came, even though I am sure he had an empty part in his heart/soul that never disappeared (even though he generally was happy with his life)..and I believe that is why Sam also went West after Rosie died.
Frodo did not want to leave Sam, but he needed to go. Partly to be healer, partly to be with Bilbo, but also partly because he needed more than what the Shire could offer, and a life with the Elves was a chance for him to continue to grow and find peace with what he had become.
I think Frodo was very sad at going, he knew he would miss Sam terribly and would also miss the Shire, but I think he realised that missing the Shire was a bit like missing your childhood...it was wonderful and he had lots of good memories, but he could not go back to it. I think it was only leaving Sam (and Merry and Pippin)that made him cry at the parting. The Shire had already become a different place in his mind. He pulled away from it because it was part of his past, not his future(he did not pull away because people did not treat him as a hero).
So when Sam was happily married and Elanor was born, he felt that Sam would be OK. I do not think he thought he was in the way as much as he thought that it would be OK for him to go without breaking Sam's heart.
We all have things we regret, and I am sure there were many times Frodo wished he had remained the innocent happy Hobbit he was before he knew anything about the ring. However, since we cannot unmake what has happened I do believe Frodo made the only choice he could. He knew it was time to move on. And knowing how fond he was of Bilbo, Gandalf and the Elves, I think that he did find kindred hearts that would help him learn to live with what he had been through and find peace. And I also believe that he waited for Sam, and that they had some time together before they both died. Someone posted that they had always believed that the two of them went together since they could decided their own time, and that sounds very beautiful to me.
I hope this makes sense, I am not as good at writing as some of the posters here [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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