How Lord of the Rings Can Be Related to Every Situation in Life: Part XVII

I was trying to describe the weight of temptation to some people and I came out with this analogy, which I'm sure has been considered before. When we watch or read Lord of the Rings we tend to think, Frodo is a bit of a twit, why doesn't he just huck the ring and be done with it? But I don't think it is possible for us to understand the allure of the ring. We read that it's evil and we say, "okay, Gimli axe it." But it is not easy to axe and it is not easy to drop. People don't really catch that Frodo would not have let go of the ring. He was turning to Sam and saying, "why should I?" He was intending to keep it. If Gollum hadn't bit off his finger and accidentally fallen the ring would never have been destroyed. And if it had been me instead of Frodo that was chosen as ring bearer I would have fared no better. I would have failed. Thank Illuvatar that Gollum bit off that festering finger.