The Role Of Bilbo In The Hobbit

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The book The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, tells of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who struggles to find adventure in his life, but when the wizard Gandalf comes to his door a great journey commences. Bilbo does not expect this to happen, but when it does, he is indecisive on whether to follow the other dwarves on the “profitable”(6) quest. In the book it is not completely clear why Gandalf chooses Bilbo, but he claims that it is for “very good reasons”(15). Other than his scent being unfamiliar to Smaug, and his stealthiness as a hobbit, he is chosen because of Gandalf's hope to improve Bilbo’s experience outside of the Shire. Since he supposedly chose him because of reasons, he must have known something, resulting in him expanding his knowledge of

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