Bilbo In The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who never once dreamed of going on an adventure, suddenly got chosen by Gandalf to become the fourteenth member of Thorin and Company's adventure to reach the Lonely Mountain and take it back from Smaug. Bilbo is a Baggins, the heir of a thoroughly respectable and conventional family through his father, but his mother was a Took, an eccentric clan of hobbits noted for their love of excitement and adventure. Despite having more money, the Tooks were less respected than the Baggins family, because of proving not hobbit-like. Although Bilbo began very much like his father, lazy and not adventurous, Bilbo contains a bit of Tookish instinct in himself which awakens inside him, when he hears one of the dwarves say something that offended him, this leads Bilbo to join the adventure to take back Dale with the dwarves. Bilbo also enjoyed the descriptions of adventure, and had an urge to go. Gandalf, the wizard, also played a part in this too. He convinced Bilbo when he woke up by encouraging the inner Tookish instinct inside of Bilbo, to accept the contract and go on the adventure. During the whole journey, Bilbo wanted to turn …show more content…
He learned many lessons through the challenges he faced. He learned he had more bravery, courage, wisdom, and wits than he thought. Bilbo let his Tookish instincts take charge during his adventure leading to his traits becoming more apparent. Of course, Gandalf had awakened these traits and pushed Bilbo to become more than what met the eye of the dwarves. Bilbo fought enemies, made wild escapes, told many riddles, and made many friends. There is a quote that goes along with Bilbo's adventure, it comes from a very famous movie that was adored by children years ago, it states, "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Bilbo faces the same problems many face today, but as Bilbo learned, one must rise above