During Bilbo's great adventure, Bilbo came across a unique ring. This ring, when worn, was able to turn him invisible. It had gotten Bilbo out of much trouble. The ring, however, has not only done this for Bilbo, but has allowed his character to grow.
First, I should mention exactly how Bilbo came upon the ring. He fell down a dark hole after he was knocked unconscious when he and his company were trying to escape the goblin infested cavern in the Misty Mountains. He fell down into dark cavern, and when he awoke and traveled through the cavern for a short while, he found the ring by chance. Throughout his adventure, he has used it to hide from enemies and dodge their attacks. This ring has also allowed Bilbo to commit more courageous actions and grow stronger as a character. For example, he used the ring in order to lead the vicious, carnivorous spiders away from his friends so that he could save them. He even used it in order to confront Smaug himself. The ring is like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, it increased the speed of the reaction of Bilbo's courage growing from his adventure. You could even say that it is like a catalyst because it caused Bilbo's courage to grow.
I do not believe that the only reason that Bilbo is courageous is because of the ring. Bilbo could have used the ring to run away from his adventure, abandoned his friends to save himself. He did not, however, run away from the troubles of his adventure and confronted them using a hide-and-strike method (almost like guerrilla warfare). This proves that Bilbo had some inner courage that needed to be awakened, and the ring was just the tool to awaken it.
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