[HPforGrownups] Harry as Frodo or not?

[Aryn Culbertson]

No: HPFGUIDX 176672

On 04/09/07, dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> And of course it was discussed here many times, but I was talking to
> somebody offline about HP and LOTR recently and this person made a
> remark that he does not think that Harry has many similarities with
> Frodo at all. Except that they both go on the quest of course.
>
> This person thinks that Harry and Sam are much better match,
> comparison wise. Neither Harry nor Sam are accepting their destiny
> just because they decide to do so. They do it for specific people.
> Sam goes initially to protect his friend, and Harry goes to avenge
> his parents. Frodo is at least asked to agree, no? Nobody asked
> Harry.


Ok, now this is just too weird. I have just completed viewing the entire LOTR Extended Versions of all 3 films and had lengthy (no pun intended) discussions of this same thoughts. How strange is that? Though the group did tend to lean more to comparing Frodo to Harry not Sam to Harry. But how odd/weird...

The main question really came up was whether or not it really was a quest or just an actual LIFE Path or not. Since it was Harry's Life. And then was it really Frodo's Quest or his actual Life Path?

Then the next big discussion, was Ron and Hermione any comparison to Sam?

Cheeres (usual Lurker),

L. Aryn