Being A Dragon Essay

If you could be any character in this work, who would you be? I may be a bit eccentric, but honestly, I’d like to try being Smaug, the dragon. The treasure doesn’t interest me as much as breathing fire and flying do. Being a dragon would also be amazing because I doubt I would ever be cold.

**What quality(ies) of which character strikes you as a good characteristic to develop within yourself over the years? Why? How does this character demonstrate this quality? Again, I have to return to Bilbo. I admire his resourcefulness, adaptability, kind heart, loyalty, and that he learned to trust himself. I would like to develop these characteristics within myself over the years because they’ll help you excel in life. Resourcefulness is always useful, some of the best leaders or teachers figured out how to succeed with what they already had. Adaptability is crucial to life. Without it, if plans go askew, they can’t be pulled back together by doing the exact thing you were doing before. After all, the word insanity is defined by Albert …show more content…
It helps with health relationships and kindness to others. Loyalty is another trait I admire because unfortunately, it’s not extremely prominent in this culture. People are usually just looking for whatever is best out there, instead of appreciating and learning more about what they have. Loyalty means sticking by your loved ones, or the choices you’ve made, that usually builds for a stronger relationship or more acceptance. Bilbo shows a kind heart towards the end of the novel, when he willingly gives the most valuable treasure in the dragon’s cave to the elves to prevent a war when he could’ve avoided the war himself by becoming invisible and leaving the area. He also shows loyalty in that instance because when he presents the treasure to the elves, they invite him to stay with them. He declines and returns to the dwarves despite the fact that they will be angry at him for handing over the