Ive watched the films and read the book (many years ago) but just wondering if anyone had worked out how long the adventure actually lasts/takes for the hobbits? I mean the film you get to see the whole journey but has anyone worked out from the day Frodo leaves the shire, till after hes droppped the ring in the fire in the mount lasts? Its hard to judge cos it could be 2 weeks to 6 weeks! Im sure the must be a bit in the film that mentions the time theyve been away from home but i cant remember and im not trawling thru 12 hrs of dvd to find out!
2006-12-19 00:43:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Also has anyone esle wondered why golem doesnt age suddenly as he doesnt have the ring and he's like 500 years old. whereas as soon as you see Bilbo next after the rings gone hes aged loads and hes only 111!
2006-12-19 00:51:02 · update #1
I don't remember exactly... but I do know that there were at least 17 years between Bilbo leaving the shire and Frodo running out in the middle of the night...
so if you factor that in quite a while....
(this is a edit)
ok I did some research....
3001 (Sept 22) Bilbo's Birthday party (he leaves the shire)
3018 (April 12) Gandalf Warns Frodo about the ring
3018 (Sept 23) Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippen Leave Bag End
3019 (March 25) One Ring Destroyed
3019 (May 1) Aragorn Crowned King....
So Right about seven months...for the actual Journey...
2006-12-19 00:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by J-Rod on the Radio 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
From Frodo leaving the Shire to the destruction of the Ring is just under a year. I can't remember exactly where, but a reference to it is explicitly made in the book.
However, in the book, between Bilbo's birthday party and the discovery that the Ring is what it is, is some 17 years - rather than the days/weeks in the movie.
2006-12-19 16:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were gone a little over a year in total, from the time they left the Shire to the time that they returned, but the Ring was destroyed about seven or eight months after they left. They left the Shire at the end of September, and the Ring was destroyed at the beginning of the following May (or the very end of the following April) This a while longer than is implied in the film, but takes into account a long time spent at Rivendell, and a month spent in Lothlorien. Tolkein was quite specific with regards to the dates upon which everything took place (although I haven't looked them all up), even mentioning the phases of the moon at various points of their journey.
As for Golum and the Ring, he wore it for around five hundred years, and although I haven't come across anything which specifically explains it, it is quite possible that his long exposure to the Ring meant that the aging process was far slower than that of Bilbo. In addition to this, Bilbo willingly surrendered the Ring, whereas Gollum did not.
2006-12-19 16:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by thialanigirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you watch closely, an approximate answer is in the film for Return of the King. At the end when Sam comes into the room and Frodo finishes the book, Frodo says, "It's a year to the day since Weathertop."
It's not a specific answer for your question, but it does give you a sense that the whole thing took slightly less than a year.
2006-12-19 10:49:24 · answer #4 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the books cover around a year of Frodo's life, from the time he left the Shire with the Ring to the time he left in the boat with Gandalf, Galadriel and the other Elves. At least, that's what an expert on LOTR told me once. I'm pretty sure it took considerably more than two weeks from the time he left the Shire to the time he dropped the Ring in Mount Doom; otherwise all of the characters would have killed themselves from running from one place to another!
2006-12-19 12:59:18 · answer #5 · answered by tkron31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there. From Frodo fleeing Bag End to the final scouring of the shire, 14 months (half of this to reach Mount Doom). Two years pass before frodo leaves from the Grey Havens after this.
The film is far from precise, as seasons are played with fast and loose, so don't even try and make sense of it!
Cheers, Steve.
2006-12-19 18:03:38 · answer #6 · answered by Steve J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an appendix at the end of The Return of the King that answers your question. I guess you probably don't have your copy anymore.
Bilbo's feast, the biginning of the Lord of the Rings, was in the year 3001 of the Third Age. In 3018, the adventure began. Frodo reached Mount Doom in March of 3019. Frodo and Sam leave for the Gray Havens in September 21, 3021.
2006-12-19 08:58:52 · answer #7 · answered by ragdefender 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From wat I remember, it took something like 7 months to actually dispose of the ring once Frodo left the Shire. It took them a year to get back, because they stopped and visited all their friends on the way.
Gollem had his life unnaturally extended by being keeper of the ring. The ring allowed him to live much longer than normal due to its powers.... there was a small passage about that concerning Bilbo somewhere in the book, too... something about because he had possessed the ring for a time, he lived to be unnaturally old for a Hobbit.
2006-12-19 10:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by Rebecca A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual trip only took a couple of weeks. But the adventure took almost a year, what with the coronations, weddings, and parties that resulted. Then they had to drive the men out of the Shire.
2006-12-19 08:50:15 · answer #9 · answered by togashiyokuni2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the books, they have been travelling for several years (I don't remember the exact number). Also, Gollum is not quite human or hobbit anymore. He is a mutated creature, and the ring has too great of a hold on him, so I think that is why he does not age.
2006-12-19 19:56:25 · answer #10 · answered by young author 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋