Fellowship Of The Ring Friendship Essay

What does true friendship mean? Is doing fun things with one another the definition of true friendship or something even more great? What makes the value true of friendship? Friendship is sticking together, sacrifice, being true, and disagreeing. In the book The Fellowship of the Ring, the theme of friendship is shown strongly. Each one of these occurs throughout the entire book. Friendships are tested strained, but in the end not broken, that shows true Friendship. Friendship starts early in the book. Many people come to Bilbo’s party but do not come around to help him if he needed it. They came from miles around and some he barely knew about. Frodo had always been around to help. Even though they had a biological relationship, they were

A true friend sticks with their friend through thick and thin. All the characters that volunteered to go with Frodo became good friends, they bonded. When the orcs attacked in Moria they fought to keep Frodo and the ring safe. When Frodo got stabbed by the Black Rider’s sword, Sam never left his bedside. Sam acts like a true friend, even though Frodo was unconscious, Sam would wait there for him. When the hobbits got tired in the snow while climbing the mountain trying to keep up with the humans, the humans cared for them and carried them as much as they could. When the members of the fellowship had the chance to go their separate ways all of them wanted to stay and help Frodo and to make sure that he made it safely to Mordor to destroy the ring. “There was a silence. ‘They all resolved to go forward’ said Galadriel looking in their eyes.”(475) They risked their lives to protect Frodo in his time of danger. Sticking with a friend persists as huge sacrifice. It can as simple as staying with them while they are waiting for a ride or as tough as staying with them if they have cancer. Having a close friend at your side helps to ease pain or take away the tears. The members of fellowship all had to sacrifice leaving their homes for a ring, leaving their family and other friends besides the ones that they have made now. Gandalf gave the ultimate sacrifice, his life, so that the party could go on without worrying about the