“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.” A famous truth from JK Rowling 's relate itself to the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien as Bilbo Baggins is forced to stand up to his friends. The Hobbit is a novel speaks to a great deal of human conditions throughout its pages, even with the lack of human characters. There are complex characters that are easily relatable, like the Hobbit Bilbo, a shy creature thrown into an adventure, he grows strong and becomes a leader of the quest; or Thorin, a greedy dwarf whose story is a fall from grace. Focusing on Bilbo Baggins the novel shows the attributes of a hero as Bilbo goes on a heroic quest with the help and leadership of Gandalf
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The development of the Hobbit’s courage was a slow crescendo, starting with the simple act of leaving behind his hobbit-hole, and ending with standing up to his friends when they were corrupted by gold lust. Contemplating about going on this adventure that Bilbo had agreed to in a moment 's lapse into his ‘Tookish’ side later worried as “The Tookishness was wearing off, and he was not now quite so sure that he was going on any journey in the morning” (27). The unknown is a terrifying concept to Bilbo, as he is apprehensive of what will become of him on the adventure he is about to embark on. Leaving his Hobbit-hole, the only home he has ever known, and everything that is familiar to him, is a tremendous act of bravery, though it seems small compared to what is to come. Courage displayed in Bilbo grows as he faces various obstacles that take a great deal of bravery, one of the most notable challenges that Bilbo faces is facing a giant spider. After his first kill, a spider attempting to eat his friends, Bilbo feels that “Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins” (156). Throughout much of the novel, Bilbo was in constant need of being saved by everybody else, here he uses his untapped bravery to save everyone else. Once Bilbo kills …show more content…
Bilbo Baggin’s in the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien is able to do this, proving himself a hero through his actions and his strong morals. Bilbo is a dynamic character, making him more relatable, as he isn’t born inherently strong, instead he works to become that way. Unlike many protagonists Bilbo’s heroism isn’t borne through war, he becomes a hero gradually he changes his morals to make them more of a hero’s and his courage builds, allowing him to perform great acts of
The development of the Hobbit’s courage was a slow crescendo, starting with the simple act of leaving behind his hobbit-hole, and ending with standing up to his friends when they were corrupted by gold lust. Contemplating about going on this adventure that Bilbo had agreed to in a moment 's lapse into his ‘Tookish’ side later worried as “The Tookishness was wearing off, and he was not now quite so sure that he was going on any journey in the morning” (27). The unknown is a terrifying concept to Bilbo, as he is apprehensive of what will become of him on the adventure he is about to embark on. Leaving his Hobbit-hole, the only home he has ever known, and everything that is familiar to him, is a tremendous act of bravery, though it seems small compared to what is to come. Courage displayed in Bilbo grows as he faces various obstacles that take a great deal of bravery, one of the most notable challenges that Bilbo faces is facing a giant spider. After his first kill, a spider attempting to eat his friends, Bilbo feels that “Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins” (156). Throughout much of the novel, Bilbo was in constant need of being saved by everybody else, here he uses his untapped bravery to save everyone else. Once Bilbo kills …show more content…
Bilbo Baggin’s in the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien is able to do this, proving himself a hero through his actions and his strong morals. Bilbo is a dynamic character, making him more relatable, as he isn’t born inherently strong, instead he works to become that way. Unlike many protagonists Bilbo’s heroism isn’t borne through war, he becomes a hero gradually he changes his morals to make them more of a hero’s and his courage builds, allowing him to perform great acts of