LOTR: Why Did Aragorn Choose To Follow Merry And Pippin Instead Of Frodo And Sam?
The breaking of the fellowship is one of the most tragic scenes in the whole trilogy, with Merry and Pippin being snatched away by the Uruk-hai as Boromir dies trying to defend them, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli arriving too late to save him and mourning his loss, and Frodo wanting to throw the ring into the lake, but knowing that he is bound to the fate of destroying it, and has to see it through to the end. Luckily his loyal friend Samwise manages to catch up with him and insists on going with him despite Frodo feeling like he has to complete the rest of the quest alone and keep the ring of power and its dangers away from the others.
Sam nearly drowns himself in the process of trying to follow Frodo across the river, but they manage to get into the boat and get to the other side, where Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli see them disappearing off into the underbrush. Legolas tries to follow them, and Aragorn tells him “Frodo’s fate is no longer in our hands” and that they should “not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death.” Therefore, the 3 turn to pursue the orcs running at full speed towards Isengard, in order to rescue their stolen friends.
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To many fans, this seems like a strange choice, when they could have crossed the river and caught up with Frodo and Sam quite easily. Surely these two hobbits, who carry the ring of power, and the subsequent fate of Middle Earth in their hands, were more important to protect than the other two? Whilst, in some ways, this is true, there are three huge reasons why the group, led by Aragorn’s wisdom, decide to follow Merry and Pippin instead of Sam and Frodo.
The first, and most obvious, is the terrible fate that has just befallen Boromir. Boromir tries to
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