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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 1234060" data-attributes="member: 3230">In the case of Sam, the primary thing that drives his will is his love for his master, Frodo. Sam only holds and uses the Ring for a very short time. During that time, Sam is more or less fixated on rescuing Frodo. Even then, when he gives the Ring back to Frodo, he is reluctant. There was a brief moment of temptation when Sam first takes the Ring which he resists with "plain old hobbit sense"; but if he had left his master for dead (as he originally thought Frodo was) and headed for Mt. Doom, I would wager the Ring would have won him over eventually. In the case of Faramir, I think the thing to keep in mind is that there is a difference between refusing the Ring (resisting) and bearing the Ring (enduring). People like Faramir & Galadriel manage to "just say no" but Frodo doesn't have that option. He must carry the Ring and endure its weight and its attempts to erode his will and sanity.Another thing to remember with Tolkien is there is a certain element of destiny in his stories. Frodo is fated to take the Ring. It is his Doom. So -in the stories- events, etc. are going to tend to play out in a way that leaves him with the Ring and the task that was "appointed" to him. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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