In J.J.R. Tolkien’s book The Hobbit we follow the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and 13 dwarves go on a journey to The Lonely Mountain. With the help of the Grand wizard Gandalf they travel across the valley and face many enemies and puzzles. With the main goal to regain Dale and The lonely mountain from the dragon Smaug. I will be going over 5 literary elements and analyzing the book.
There were many symbols in The Hobbit. One was Gandalf and how he is like God. Gandalf was always there when the dwarves and Bilbo needed them. " Then Bilbo understood. It was the wizards voice that had kept the trolls bickering and quarrelling, until the light came and made an end of them." (Tolkien 40). Before this quote Bilbo and the dwarves were being roasted …show more content…
An example of a motif in The hobbit would be the ring. As it is an important and reoccurring element in the book. With the help of the ring Bilbo is able to survive many obstacles he encountered within the story. One example would be when the Dwarves are in the Goblin caves and Bilbo has to escape from Golem and the other Goblins. "They could not find Bilbo with the ring on, slipping in and out of the shadows of the trees, running quick and quiet, and keeping out of the sun; soon they went bac grumbling and cursing to guard the door. Bilbo had escaped." This is one example of how important the ring is to the story. Without the ring Bilbo might not have escaped the goblins and then the story wouldn't be able to continue. Another example of a time Bilbo used the ring was when The dwarves were caught by spiders in the forest of Mirkwood. "Hobbits are clever at quietness, especially in woods, as I have already told you; also Bilbo had slipped on his ring before he started. That is why the spiders neither saw or heard him coming" (Tolkien 144). With the ring being a big part of the book and story it makes for the perfect …show more content…
For example Bilbo was just a hobbit in his hobbit hole. Soon Gandalf came around and his adventure to being a hero began. As stated n the beginning of the book Gandalf and the others had to persuade him to go on the journey due to how good things would be for him if he goes on the adventure and is successful. "I will go so far as to send you on this adventure. Very amusing to me, very good for you- and profitable too, very likely if you ever get over it." (Tolkien 7). Gandalf had to persuade him to go on the adventure and even after hearing that it was profitable still declined on going on the journey. The dwarves had a hard time convincing Bilbo as well, but he soon joined the journey. Throughout the book he uses his brain to help everyone. From the spiders to Smaug to the battle at the end. Towards the end of the book Bilbo help be the last stand against the many enemies within the battle "On all this Bilbo looked with misery. He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves-partly because there was more chance for escape from that point, and partly (with the more Tookish part of his mind)because if he was going to be in a last desperate stand, he preferred on the whole to defend the Elvenking." (Tolkien 259). This shows the change throughout the book and supports the theme presented
There were many symbols in The Hobbit. One was Gandalf and how he is like God. Gandalf was always there when the dwarves and Bilbo needed them. " Then Bilbo understood. It was the wizards voice that had kept the trolls bickering and quarrelling, until the light came and made an end of them." (Tolkien 40). Before this quote Bilbo and the dwarves were being roasted …show more content…
An example of a motif in The hobbit would be the ring. As it is an important and reoccurring element in the book. With the help of the ring Bilbo is able to survive many obstacles he encountered within the story. One example would be when the Dwarves are in the Goblin caves and Bilbo has to escape from Golem and the other Goblins. "They could not find Bilbo with the ring on, slipping in and out of the shadows of the trees, running quick and quiet, and keeping out of the sun; soon they went bac grumbling and cursing to guard the door. Bilbo had escaped." This is one example of how important the ring is to the story. Without the ring Bilbo might not have escaped the goblins and then the story wouldn't be able to continue. Another example of a time Bilbo used the ring was when The dwarves were caught by spiders in the forest of Mirkwood. "Hobbits are clever at quietness, especially in woods, as I have already told you; also Bilbo had slipped on his ring before he started. That is why the spiders neither saw or heard him coming" (Tolkien 144). With the ring being a big part of the book and story it makes for the perfect …show more content…
For example Bilbo was just a hobbit in his hobbit hole. Soon Gandalf came around and his adventure to being a hero began. As stated n the beginning of the book Gandalf and the others had to persuade him to go on the journey due to how good things would be for him if he goes on the adventure and is successful. "I will go so far as to send you on this adventure. Very amusing to me, very good for you- and profitable too, very likely if you ever get over it." (Tolkien 7). Gandalf had to persuade him to go on the adventure and even after hearing that it was profitable still declined on going on the journey. The dwarves had a hard time convincing Bilbo as well, but he soon joined the journey. Throughout the book he uses his brain to help everyone. From the spiders to Smaug to the battle at the end. Towards the end of the book Bilbo help be the last stand against the many enemies within the battle "On all this Bilbo looked with misery. He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves-partly because there was more chance for escape from that point, and partly (with the more Tookish part of his mind)because if he was going to be in a last desperate stand, he preferred on the whole to defend the Elvenking." (Tolkien 259). This shows the change throughout the book and supports the theme presented