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Old 05-16-2022, 04:39 AM   #68
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Originally Posted by MGlitch View Post
It’s been a minute since I read LOTR (I want to do a reread) but my recollection is that Frodo is a reluctant hero. He’s doing the thing because circumstances have resulted in pushing him to do it. For it to be hopepunk he’d have to have sought out the quest rather than essentially falling into it. Likewise for Bilbo in The Hobbit.
Bilbo is different. He was given a choice and he chose to go on the adventure. Bilbo was not thrust into it with no real choice.
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