Gollum holds on to the Ring for centuries but still keeps at least some of his free will. Gandalf points out, "Even Gollum was not wholly ruined.
He had proved tougher than even one of the Wise would have guessed — as a Hobbit might" 1. Gollum's resistance to the Ring proves that Hobbit-ish folks do not give in easily to the Ring's power.
But on the minus side, Gollum and Bilbo also talk about the Ring in similar ways. The fact that Bilbo starts calling the Ring "precious" is a big warning sign that he might, eventually, turn into something like Gollum if he doesn't give up the Ring right away. Luckily, he has a friendly Wizard to help him let the Ring go. But it's disturbing to see a character who we like so much beginning to get Gollum-y right in front of our eyes.
Clearly, good nature and kindness are not enough to stop the influence of the Ring on a person's mind forever. What makes the difference between Bilbo's and Gollum's response to the Ring is how they each got a hold of it. Gollum strangled his friend with his bare hands to get the Ring.
That's not a good way to come by anything, let alone an evil Ring just waiting for an opportunity to twist your mind.
By contrast, Bilbo finds the Ring on the ground in the dark of the Misty Mountains. And while he and Gollum do not trust each other at all, Bilbo decides not to kill him when he has the chance. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. In the book Gandalf knows about Gollum because Bilbo told the company - although he withheld information about the Ring at first: Then they wanted to know all about his adventures after they had lost him, and he sat down and told them everything-except about the finding of the ring "not just now" he thought.
Out of the Frying-pan, Into the Fire Eventually after the Spiders episode Flies and Spiders Bilbo tells the Dwarves everything it should be noted that Gandalf is not part of the company at this time : There they lay for some time, puffing and panting. I can't at present source a reference in The Hobbit for when Bilbo told Gandalf about his Ring although Gandalf did know about Gollum as my first quote shows but Gandalf evidently did know, and knew quite early, as is shown in The Shadow of the Past in Lord of the Rings: Then I heard Bilbo's strange story of how he had "won" it, and I could not believe it.
As for Sauron, there's absolutely no evidence that Sauron knew anything about Gollum and Gollum's possession of the Ring before Gollum's entry into Mordor, but after that he did find out quickly enough; again from Shadow of the Past : 'But I am afraid there is no possible doubt: he had made his slow, sneaking way, step by step, mile by mile, south, down at last to the Land of Mordor' Improve this answer.
Community Bot 1. It is possible, though there is no evidence either way, that Gandalf learned of it from Bilbo on the return trip from Erebor most likely on the trip from Beorn's halls to Hobbiton.
That's a great help. How did Gollum know of the shire? TomSterkenburg Bilbo told Gollum his name; and as Gandalf said in "The Shadow of the Past" : "Well, as for the name, Bilbo very foolishly told Gollum himself; and after that it would not be difficult to discover his country, once Gollum came out. The news of the great events went far and wide in Wilderland, and many had heard Bilbo's name and knew where he came from.
We had made no secret of our return journey to his home in the West. Gollum's sharp ears would soon learn what he wanted. David Williams David Williams 2 2 bronze badges. Gandalf and Aragorn searched long for Gollum but it was actually Aragorn alone who finally caught him and gave him to the wood-elves for safekeeping.
Chris Chris Hi Chris. Could you add some references of what you are stating? StackExchange answers must include deep explanations and references or quotes. This a doesn't answer the question at hand, and b is untrue — Jason Baker.
Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Gandalf asks Aragorn to help him find and capture Gollum. Aragorn tracks Gollum along the edge of the Dead Marshes, where he captures Gollum, and brings him to the Elves who live in Mirkwood. Logging out…. Logging out You've been inactive for a while, logging you out in a few seconds It had slipped from Isildur's hand and betrayed him; then when a chance came it caught poor Deagol, and he was murdered and after that Gollum, and it had devoured him.
It could make no further use of him: he was too small and mean; and as long as it stayed with him he would never leave his deep pool again. So now, when its master was awake once more and sending out his dark thought from Mirkwood, it abandoned Gollum. So there's the motivation for why the ring left Gollum: Sauron was calling, and Gollum was useless.
As for how , we know from the Hobbit that Gollum occasionally left his dark pool, wearing the ring, so that he could sneak up on orcs called "goblins" in my copy and kill them to eat. Most probably it was on one of these excursions that the ring left Gollum, which is why Bilbo found it so far from the pool.
This was how the ring originally betrayed Isildur, and it would have been how it ultimately left Gollum: by expanding at the opportune moment and falling right off his finger. Presumably in the say way the ring abandoned Isildur : by becoming looser while Gollum was moving through that tunnel and thus actively "getting lost".
I don't have the book here, but either before or after Gollum realizes the ring is missing, he recalls going out into the tunnels that day, searching for a tasty young Orc-ling to snack on. The ring loosened and slipped off while he was going back to his lake. Sign up to join this community.
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