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    Bilbo Heroism

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    A hero is someone who can be there to help out and to save people in need. A hero is supposed to come in and save the day when it is most needed. In The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, some may say that Bilbo is the hero in the story because of all of the heroic acts he did, but the group’s luck helped them get through the events that happened; therefore, luck is the hero. There are possibly three ways luck could be the hero, the group is lucky with helpers, the group is lucky with time, and the group…

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    Effectiveness, efficiency, and a great story is what to look for in a book, like The Hobbit. From the book to the movie there are many ineffective changes affecting the plot of the scene. The novel is written by J.R.R. Tolkien, and the movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is directed by Peter Jackson. In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, a little hobbit, is persuaded to venture on a journey with thirteen dwarves and Gandalf, a great wizard, to steal back stolen gold and kill the enormous Smaug. On…

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    many sources and help like King Arthur, Beowulf, and a lot more and now you will read them. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is a children's’ fantasy novel in which a wizard, a Hobbit, and dwarves go on an adventure to recover the dwarves’ lost homeland taken over by a dragon named Smaug. Many connections in The Hobbit and those connections are used by myths and folktales cause Tolkien like to read them as a child. King Arthur from Thomas Malory, Sir Gawain and the loathly lady, Beowulf, and the…

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    If you were to walk into any middle school English class that uses the A.R. program to encourage to read, what would you expect to see? A variety of books of all different genre’s and plots? If this is the cause, you would be sadly mistaken. Richard H. Tyre published an article in 1978 that explains this situation to a tee. He explains how most kids choose to read books similar to Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings series, and even The Wizard of Oz. Now some would not categorize these three…

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    Music In The Hobbit

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    Music is very important to everyday life. Everyone in every kind of culture has music that they listen to, whether the person who listen to it is a human or a creature from “The Hobbit”. In chapters from this novel, the magical beings known as dwarves, elves, and goblins sing their very own song in that chapter. Each song shows a different tone, content, and structure. This reveal In the beginning of the novel, the dwarves, Gandalf, and Bilbo plan to go on an adventure. When they are planning,…

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    The Hobbit Research Paper

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    Music play an important role in people's lives. Music inspire people in different ways, music inspire people to sing, write songs, play instruments, without music people would not be happy. In “The Hobbit” you can find different types of songs like scary, happy, mysterious and much more. The song of the dwarves’ song represents magic, and adventure, because when you read the first paragraph you see “Far over the misty mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old”. When you see this you…

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    In the story bilbo achieves different milestones in the book,i'm here to tell you about three of them, when he stole the ring when they made it to rivendell and when bilbo saved them from the goblins. The first great obstacle Bilbo and the dwarves overcome is the Misty Mountains. As is the case throughout their journey, the farther from home they travel, the greater the danger. The very name of "the Wild" provides a symbolic contrast with what is familiar, tame, and domestic, and the…

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    Tolkien's Accomplishments

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    becoming the father of the fantasy genre J.R.R Tolkien changed the modern fantasy literature by bringing it into popular culture again. Tolkien’s fascination of literature, creation of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series, and high level of education put him a step above the rest in the world of writing. To this day his legacy lives on with his books becoming film adaptations, video games, spin-offs, etc. As a child J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien) had a what some would consider a…

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    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…

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    Short Story The Hobbit

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    Bilbo was a meticulous hobbit. He had his way of doing things and didn’t really enjoy anything too crazy and out of the norm. For example, on pg.4 and 5, when Gandalf had just asked Bilbo about adventuring, Bilbo said, “We [Hobbits] are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. … I can’t think what anybody sees in them,...We do“Ding Dong! Ding Dong!” Ryan lifted her head groggily as she noticed her twin sister, Camryn, sprinting out of their room in her black and blue leather denim…

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