His precious
Gollum/Smeagol refers to the One Ring as "My Precious."
Gollum takes the Ring from Frodo by biting off the finger bearing the Ring.
He is Smeagol's (gollum's) cousin.
Bilbo asks Gollum "What's in my pocket" (the Ring) and Gollum cannot answer.
Gollum guesses that Bilbo has found his magic ring.
Gollum is a Close relative to the hobbits who gets changed by the influence of the ring.
Bilbo said, talking to himself, "what have i got in my pocket?" (it was the Ring). Gollum thought it was a riddle and Bilbo decided to make it one. he gave Gollum three chances to guess and gollum lost after four. then gollum went "to get something" (it was the ring), and Bilbo thought he was abandoned and left with the ring on. Gollum thought Bilbo knew the way out and he wanted to follow him, realizing Bilbo had the ring. Bilbo saw Gollum racing towards the gate and followed him to safety.
Gollum
because of the ring
Gollum .
Gollum. The name was given to him by his relatives, due to the "gollum" noise he made in his throat.
It was the One Ring. His cousin Deagol found it in the bottom of the river Anduin and Smeagol (Gollum) killed him for it. One of the justifications was that it was his birthday and it was a present for him. The Ring is important because it is the pivotal reason for the entire book: the re-emergence and ultimate destruction of the Ring.The way that Gollum came by the Ring is also important: because the Ring came to him by evil means, it corrupted Gollum that much easier. In the end, Gollum's complete corruption and lust for the Ring was what (ironically) saved Middle-Earth.