The concept of fate is obscure and very often hard to comprehend. Nevertheless Tolkien wrote Frodo to be a “child” of fate. In the book many characters assist Frodo and try to help him become the hero he needs to be. Though the deeper meaning a that Frodo, being a nobody and powerless, was the only one who could complete the task. The story conveys that it was fate that led the ring into Frodo’s hands. The irony that came with Frodo being the weakest member of the fellowship was that he was the only one who wouldn't get tainted, even in the company of some of Middle Earth's strongest individuals. Tolkien means to write that it was no mere coincidence Frodo had the ring, but was part of the larger flow of fate of the