The Hobbit: Comparing The Book And Movie

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Have you ever read a book then watched the movie and it was completely different? It’s the same thing for The Hobbit, there are very little scenes in the movie that are similar. The Hobbit is one book split up into three movies and the middle part is the movie that I watched. The differences of The Hobbit book compared the movie tells you how the Road to Trials and Supernatural aid can create a stronger heroic journey. A stronger journey can be created through the portrayal of scenes including the Road to Trials. The book and the movie have a little different scenes, but some are the same. For example, when Bilbo and the dwarves travel to Lonely Mountain. In the book Gandalf told the dwarves that he was leaving at Beorn’s house. Bilbo goes

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