Michael Santurello II
The Hobbit
Hon English IV
8 February 2017
A Journey Into The Hobbit
A journey into the middle-earth, is where the author J.R.R Tolkien takes the reader in the novel known as The Hobbit. This book tells of a quest in which Bilbo Baggins, a small hobbit is hired by dwarves to come with them to fight a dragon and have a share of their treasure. There is much reason to believe that, even though not his intent, Mr. Tolkien had made his writings of Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit based off of a clear Christian perspective. Due to his strong faith he even had brought C.S. Lewis to faith and he later wrote the Narnia books, and encouraged Tolkien to keep writing the book, because he was not going to finish writing the book …show more content…
Well it shares the purpose of explaining how each of the characters falls in love in with the treasure at the end of their treacherous journey and how at many times they struggle to stay on course as the greed consumes them. The one of the worst when it comes to greed is Thorin the leader of the dwarves, as he would send the poor hobbit to his demise just so he could have the Arkenstone. The significance of the Arkenstone is the simple fact that it is this amazing jewel that the kingdom of the dwarves cherished and would treat it as the most valuable piece of all the dwarf wealth. Thorin’s grandfather had discovered it long ago and they crafted and shaped it into one of the most important pieces of their whole fortune. His grandfather may also be some part of the reason in why their kingdom was overtaken due to his madness and his lust over the wealth, even worse than his grandson whom is Thorin. In saying that it seems as if the greed may have been passed to him because all he seemed to care about was the treasure as he even threatened Bilbo’s life when saying to Bilbo “Get down now to your friends! Or I will throw you down.” (Tolkien, The Hobbit, Chapter 17, page 277) He is threatening to throw him off of a mountain onto the ground, ending his life because of the power this sickness and greed has over …show more content…
On the contrary though, The Hobbit is a exquisite read if a reader is looking for quite a tale and a almost hidden but maybe more biased meaning behind a story. Christians believe in light and dark as the story has both its light and dark forces defying each other each moment goes on, as compared to the novel where the dwarves and Bilbo are always finding their way into the dark, as in this case they are the light. Perhaps the desolation of the evil dragon Smaug was maybe just a small craquelure in seeing that Smaug might just be based off of Satan, and with that being said the fine line between good and evil is clearly exhausted in The Hobbit, and maybe it is trying to express that there is good and evil in all of humanity. This author was alive during the time of the world wars, and maybe he was trying to put a message out, for humanity to put away their petty differences and come together through the light, and goodness inside of every single
The Hobbit
Hon English IV
8 February 2017
A Journey Into The Hobbit
A journey into the middle-earth, is where the author J.R.R Tolkien takes the reader in the novel known as The Hobbit. This book tells of a quest in which Bilbo Baggins, a small hobbit is hired by dwarves to come with them to fight a dragon and have a share of their treasure. There is much reason to believe that, even though not his intent, Mr. Tolkien had made his writings of Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit based off of a clear Christian perspective. Due to his strong faith he even had brought C.S. Lewis to faith and he later wrote the Narnia books, and encouraged Tolkien to keep writing the book, because he was not going to finish writing the book …show more content…
Well it shares the purpose of explaining how each of the characters falls in love in with the treasure at the end of their treacherous journey and how at many times they struggle to stay on course as the greed consumes them. The one of the worst when it comes to greed is Thorin the leader of the dwarves, as he would send the poor hobbit to his demise just so he could have the Arkenstone. The significance of the Arkenstone is the simple fact that it is this amazing jewel that the kingdom of the dwarves cherished and would treat it as the most valuable piece of all the dwarf wealth. Thorin’s grandfather had discovered it long ago and they crafted and shaped it into one of the most important pieces of their whole fortune. His grandfather may also be some part of the reason in why their kingdom was overtaken due to his madness and his lust over the wealth, even worse than his grandson whom is Thorin. In saying that it seems as if the greed may have been passed to him because all he seemed to care about was the treasure as he even threatened Bilbo’s life when saying to Bilbo “Get down now to your friends! Or I will throw you down.” (Tolkien, The Hobbit, Chapter 17, page 277) He is threatening to throw him off of a mountain onto the ground, ending his life because of the power this sickness and greed has over …show more content…
On the contrary though, The Hobbit is a exquisite read if a reader is looking for quite a tale and a almost hidden but maybe more biased meaning behind a story. Christians believe in light and dark as the story has both its light and dark forces defying each other each moment goes on, as compared to the novel where the dwarves and Bilbo are always finding their way into the dark, as in this case they are the light. Perhaps the desolation of the evil dragon Smaug was maybe just a small craquelure in seeing that Smaug might just be based off of Satan, and with that being said the fine line between good and evil is clearly exhausted in The Hobbit, and maybe it is trying to express that there is good and evil in all of humanity. This author was alive during the time of the world wars, and maybe he was trying to put a message out, for humanity to put away their petty differences and come together through the light, and goodness inside of every single