Examples Of Bilbo's Transformation In The Hobbit

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What makes people want to undertake a mission? Is it that people want to be brave? Or is it that they want to go explore? People feel an urge to go and explore, or to complete a problem and take risks. Some people would want to be brave, or they want to do it so they could see the outcome (good or bad) in the end. Bilbo Baggins went on an adventure, Farah Ahmedi snuck over the border, and Aengus looked his whole life for the girl. Bilbo, Aengus, and Farah were brave and had determination because of the turnout in the end.

Bilbo Baggins agreed to go on adventures with the other characters. The gang needed a 14th member to go on an adventure, and they convinced Bilbo to go, even though he was very scared. It says in The Hobbit, "You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your expedition, and i chose Mr. Baggins." Bilbo agreed to go on the expedition. Bilbo stepped up to the challenge. It says in The Hobbit, "Tell me what you want done, and i will try it, if i have to walk from here to the East of East and fight the were-worms in the Last Desert." He agreed to go and he is being brave to undertake the adventure. He was very helpful in their expedition, too.
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The girl vanished and he wondered where his true love went. Due to that, he went on a mission to find the girl. It says in The Song Of Wandering Aengus, "And faded through the brightening air..." Once she faded through the air, he had determination to find the girl, and where she went. Aengus has searched for many years (or his life) to find his true love. It says in The Song Of Wandering Aengus, "Through hollow lands and hilly lands..." This shows that he has been searching over hills and lands, to find that girl that was a fish. He never found her. He is still looking (determination to find her) for her and will never give up. He is being brave to undertake the mission to find his "true

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