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Linh Nguyen asked this question about The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3):
I still don't know why Frodo had to leave Sam, Merry and Pippin (the ending) ?!
Liam Frodo could not find solace from all that he had seen. There were shadows in his life, and he could not rid himself of them. He could not find peace i…moreFrodo could not find solace from all that he had seen. There were shadows in his life, and he could not rid himself of them. He could not find peace in Middle-earth, and chose to seek it beyond the White Shores of Valinor. He, as a ring-bearer, had seen horrors from it that nobody else had, and so he could not live yet in that land. As he himself said: "I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me." He couldn't just return to a quiet life after all he'd seen, and so sought a life beyond the Sea and to the land of the Valar.(less)
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The Return of the King
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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