Hero Journey Profile The Lord of the Rings

Character Profile

1) What is your character's name?
Frodo

2) What is your character's age?
33 years old

3) What is the gender of the character?
male

4) Who were his/her parents? Any special qualities, challenges, gifts, horrors?
Frodo does not have any parents and the only significant father figure in his life is his Uncle Bilbo. His special quality is he is the chosen one to destroy the ring of doom

5) Was there anything special or unusual about the character's birth?
Nothing is said in the book about this aspct of Frodo

6) What was the attitude of the parent's about the character?
not applicable to this hero journey

7) Does the character have siblings? What is their relationship, birth order?
Frodo does not have any siblings

8) Who were the character's peers? What was his/her relationship to the peer group?
Samwise, Merry, Pippin. These are all friends of Frodo's when he was growing up in the Shire.

9) Where did he/she live? One place, more than one place, series of places, no place?
While growing up, what did this character do for fun and enjoyment?
While growing up, what hard times did this character have?
Frodo grew up in The Shire, but he did not face any hard times. He helped Samwise with tending to a garden as his enjoyment.

10) Did the character have any special friends, relatives, mentors, pets, objects, places that he/she could turn to in times of trouble?
Frodo had his friend Samwise as a person to turn to in times of trouble. He eventually could use the ring as a means to escape evil.

11) What about school/socialization? How or where did the character learn the general skills needed for adulthood?
not applicable to this story in terms of the schooling. Gandalf and Bilbo acted as Frodo's mentors.

12) When or how did the character learn about the opposite sex, or his/her sexuality?
not applicable in this story as this aspect of Frodo's life is not discussed in any detail.

13) When how, or what marked the character's entry into adulthood?
What are the character's special talent's gifts, challenges, faults?
Frodo special gift is he is the only one who can destroy the ring in the fire. He faces several challenges throughout his journey and is forced to overcome these in order to succeed.