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He feared that his will was to weak and he would succumb to the temptations of the ring.

extended answer: Gandalf was not only "good" but also a very powerful wizard. Because he is good, the "evil" ring had a very strong effect on him. If he were to be turned evil by the ring, he would be very destructive. Frodo was "neutral" so when he picked up the evil ring, it wasn't directly opposite to his core nature, like it was to Gandalf

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Bilbo loved the ring so he couldn't give it up. He started calling it his "Precious" like gollum did.

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Every time Frodo wore the ring, it drew attention of dark forces down on him.

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He was afraid he would be taken over by the power of the ring. He knew it had evil affects on those that wore it.

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Who were carrier in the ring Lord of the Rings?

Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee.


How old is Frodo when he leaves the Shire?

Frodo was 50 when he left the shire. Several years took place after he inherited the ring from Bilbo. Frodo was born on September 22, 2968. In 3001, when Bilbo turned 111 and Frodo came of age at 33. He inherited the ring. 17 years passed since the party. On April 12, 3018, Gandalf arrived and told Frodo that the magic ring Bilbo had found in Gollum's cave was in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, who needed the Ring's power to take over Middle-earth. Frodo was shocked and dismayed by this news, but he realized that in order to save the Shire he loved, he needed to take the Ring far away..


Why was Bilbo less affected by the Ring than Frodo?

The ring has a consciousness of its own. The ring knew that Frodo was going to take it to be destroyed, whereas the one ring abandoned Gollum as it knew that Gollum would never return it to Sauron. The ring used Bilbo as a carrier or a vector.


Who is Frodo's friend?

Frodo is Bilbo's nephew and heir. frodo- son of drogo. his parents was dead when he was young, so he lived with bilbo baggins - who already went his journey. but when the ring go to frodo, he might have go to mordor and destroyed it. he go with samwise gamgee.


In 'The Hobbit' how is Bilbo different from other hobbits?

Gollum was first known as smeagul but once he found the ring and killed his brother he was then known as Gollum (he got this name when the ring took controlled of him and he started making the chocking noise sounding like the word Gollum). He had the one ring for hundreds of years giving him unnatural long life. He became fixed on the ring and would kill anyone who would take it like he tried to do to Bilbo once he noticed he had lost it. Gollum would not give the ring up easily and tried to take it from Frodo in The Lord Of The Rings. Bilbo had it for much shorter time, so part of his own mind was still in control and was not as obbsessed with the ring as Gollum, and was able to find the will to give it up and pass it on to his adopted heir, Frodo Baggins.