George Washington was like Bilbo. He found the courage to willingly part with the instruments of power...thereby breaking the power that had ruled the affairs of men for centuries and millenia.
The biblical character in the Book of Acts, Barnabus, was like Gandalf...an encourager, someone whose focus was on stirring others to courageously exercise their gifts and abilities.
"Gandalf...an encourager, someone whose focus was on stirring others to courageously exercise their gifts and abilities."
Gandolf is a favorite character, as well as Bilbo.