Biggest Heroes in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

04-10-2002, 03:22 PM

One of the things I love about JRRT's books is that every charachter matters. Everyone is needed, even if they aren't particularily heroic. Gollum, for instance, is one of those charachters that you most certainly couldn't do without but I don't think he's really a hero. Even though he wanted and tried to do good some of the time, he usually did everything for himself.

This having been said, I do have a few favorites:

Lotr: Sam, Aragorn, Eowyn, Gandalf, Faramir, and Beregond. And Frodo. Everyone is always hard on Frodo, but if you think about it, he does have the worst burden of all. And he's always shown with Sam, and Sam is the sort of person that makes everyone else seem unimportant.

Sil: Ummm....
Fingolfin, even though he was slightly stupid to chalenge Morgoth to combat- he almost won!!
Finrod
Fingon
Luthien- much more so than Beren- It seems like she was always the one doing the hard stuff and Beren was the one getting rescued by either Luthien or Finrod
Tuor
Turin- sort of. He messed up a lot, but meant well.
Beleg- Definately!!!!
Gwindor
This list is too long!!!! I give up!!!!!

04-10-2002, 03:22 PM	#17
Ivare Guest Posts: n/a	One of the things I love about JRRT's books is that every charachter matters. Everyone is needed, even if they aren't particularily heroic. Gollum, for instance, is one of those charachters that you most certainly couldn't do without but I don't think he's really a hero. Even though he wanted and tried to do good some of the time, he usually did everything for himself. This having been said, I do have a few favorites: Lotr: Sam, Aragorn, Eowyn, Gandalf, Faramir, and Beregond. And Frodo. Everyone is always hard on Frodo, but if you think about it, he does have the worst burden of all. And he's always shown with Sam, and Sam is the sort of person that makes everyone else seem unimportant. Sil: Ummm.... Fingolfin, even though he was slightly stupid to chalenge Morgoth to combat- he almost won!! Finrod Fingon Luthien- much more so than Beren- It seems like she was always the one doing the hard stuff and Beren was the one getting rescued by either Luthien or Finrod Tuor Turin- sort of. He messed up a lot, but meant well. Beleg- Definately!!!! Gwindor This list is too long!!!! I give up!!!!!