The Internal Conflict Between Bilbo And Baggins In The Hobbit

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desire for adventure would soon vanish “Suddenly in the wood beyond The Water a flame leapt up-probably something lighting a wood fire-and he thought of plundering dragons settling on his quiet hill and kindling out to flames.He shuddered; and very quickly he was plain Mr Baggins of Bag-End, Under-Hill, again”[page 16]. The transition from Baggins to Took back to is Baggins side show Bilbo is experiencing an internal conflict between his adventurous side and unadventurous side.This internal conflict between Bilbo’s Tookish and Baggins side will drive forward the plot for the rest of the story because as Bilbo will begin to grow out of his cautious ways and grow into the Took that Gandalf had originally envisioned. Tolkien use literary devices

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