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  1. plot explanation - Why didn't Bilbo become a creature like Gollum ...

    Dec 23, 2014 · In the book at the Birthday Party, Bilbo was 111, and Frodo was turning 33, the coming of age for a Hobbit, also part of Bilbo's joke, a gross of guests and the sum of both …

  2. Why did the ring affect Frodo so much and not Bilbo?

    So at the time that Bilbo owns the ring, Sauron is not as powerful, and he believes the ring is lost and is searching for it in the wrong area. In Tolkien's writings, Bilbo's party is in S.R. (Shire …

  3. plot explanation - Why did Bilbo want the ring back from Frodo ...

    Apr 27, 2017 · When Frodo meets Bilbo in Rivendell and Bilbo momentarily tries to attack Frodo, this is merely an extension of the impact the ring has had on Bilbo. The Ring after all seeks to …

  4. Why was Frodo so resistant to the ring?

    Dec 8, 2016 · The ring has a will of its own and will work itself towards evil anytime that it can. It takes a strong and stubborn mind to resist it. We see Boromir give in to the will of the ring and …

  5. plot explanation - Why didn't Gollum take the ring back from Bilbo ...

    Sep 5, 2017 · He did eventually (after some years: remember that Gollum has a hatred and fear of the Sun, the Moon and other creatures, so it took some time) leave the Misty Mountains in …

  6. Does Bilbo Baggins realize his ring was the One Ring?

    Jan 2, 2020 · Bilbo the silly hobbit started this affair, and Bilbo had better finish it, or himself. Tolkien Gateway states Bilbo's ageing is caused by the Ring's destruction: Because of the …

  7. Where did the one ring come from? - Movies & TV Stack Exchange

    Jan 4, 2017 · As to why Bilbo says nothing of the ring - again, you'll have to remember that this is an artifact imbued with much power and evil, which usually seeks people to carry it, corrupting …

  8. plot explanation - Do Frodo and Bilbo live forever at the end of …

    It seems that Christopher Tolkien used many of his father's letters to accumulate a fair body of knowledge about Middle Earth and its rules in The Silmarillion, but that some letters specific to …

  9. How does Smaug know about the Ring? - Movies & TV Stack …

    In the book Bilbo entered in the mountain 3 times, the first time Smaug is asleep and he steals a golden cup, he then returns to the dwarfs who convince him to enter Erebor again. The second …

  10. When does Gandalf realise that Bilbo's ring is the One Ring?

    Mar 7, 2014 · When Bilbo calls it "Precious" and Gandalf comments, he is recalling the dialog between Bilbo and Gollum from the Hobbit. At this point he still knows nothing, although this …

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