Something that people who only watched “The Lord of the Rings” might not know
Why on earth did Frodo leave at the end
Honestly, I don’t know why I went
I don’t even know where he left
Is it physically crossing the Jordan
And when asked why he was leaving
We went on a journey to save Shire
I finally got him
But it wasn’t for me
I only give a broad explanation that
But in the movie, Frodo gives you a clue to the answer to why he’s leaving
The wound suffered by the magician still hasn’t healed
Because I say that
In the original version, Frodo said that even after the Ring expedition
The day Shilop stabbed me, the day I was poisoned by Shilop
Describing that he was in severe pain and groaning as if he had returned to the situation at the time
The reason Frodo left was because not only the people who read the original
You can guess by looking closely at the description of the movie
He was still suffering from the wounds he suffered during the ring journey
The original version gives a clearer answer
to be exact
It’s because I got a scar that can never be healed in this world
But the answer to where he left is still not available in the movie
If you look at the sad atmosphere and nuance, it seems like you’re going to a place where you can’t come back
I wonder if I’m really going to heaven
I know a lot of people now, but Frodo is not in the afterlife
Ballynor
a continent called
Ballynor is a continent inhabited by fairies and gods
It’s also known as the land of immortality because it’s where those immortals live
It’s similar to heaven in that it’s a place where the mortal can’t go
a place that exists in this world
It’s not the afterlife
But for fairies, it’s like the afterlife
The Fairy of the Lord of the Rings world view is immortal
You can die in an accident or a soldier’s murder, but you can’t die like a real human being
Because the soul can’t get out of this world
Then what happens
The spirits of the fairies were summoned to Ballynor immediately
wait roughly on a waiting listgo
Rebirth by receiving a new body
Since then, I’ve been eating well and living well in Ballynor
Sometimes, fairies who do bad things don’t come back to the waiting list
This place is like a paradise where immortals live
Frodo, who has suffered irreparable wounds, can find rest there
In the first place, the mortal hobbit was allowed to go to Ballynor
Because Frodo made a great achievement as a ring carrier
Bilbo is leaving too. That’s the context
Sam has carried a ring before, so I thought he’d be recognized as a ring carrier
So unlike Frodo, Sam enjoys life and leaves for Ballynor as soon as his wife dies
I want to meet Frodo before I die of old age
To put it simply
Frodo went to a good place to recuperate
And
Being in the land of immortality doesn’t mean that you’re not a professional or eternal, so it’s not even the afterlife
I’ll eat and live comfortably for the rest of my life until I die there
But Frodo will never come back to the middle ground
Those who went to Ballynor in the first place are not allowed to return to the middle ground
So people who interpreted Frodo as crossing the Samdocheon Stream are not very wrong
Since we can’t see Frodo again from the perspective of the ones left in the middle
In fact, Tolkien also wrote in a personal letter about Frodo’s departure to Ballynor
He likened it to going to the afterlife or purgatory
The reason Frodo volunteered to be a ring carrier is because
I want to save the world But I’m not strong enough
Nevertheless, I will go as far as I can go
That’s what I thought
But Frodo gave in to temptation at the last minute
This was a temptation that no one could resist, so no one blamed him
Frodo blamed himself
He originally dreamed of returning to his hometown of Shire as a hero
that guilt led him to define himself as a sinner and to judge himself
So in the story, Frodo left for Ballynor because of his physical wounds
In fact, the author’s intention was that it was also due to the psychological wound of guilt
Tolkien was able to learn how Frodo left for Ballynor
going to purgatory
described by
Only
Purgatory not as a purgatory of punishment but as a healing and reward
in the sense that
in a pure world unspoiled by sin
It’s not a self-inflicted guilt, but a true sense of self-reflection
being given time to explore one’s place in the minutiae and the great
Tolkien describes that
If you look at the nuance and detail of the description
You can feel the author’s compassion-filled attitude toward Frodo