This book The Hobbit is written by J.R.R. Tolkien as Bilbo Baggins, Thorin, and their
friends take on a great adventure to beat Smaug the evil dragon. During this adventure
many trials take place like The Misty Mountains and Markwood, where they meet new
friends and people to help them with what they want to be done. The biggest symbol in
this book is greed. Greed is shown with Bilboʼs Ring, The Arkenstone, and Smaug the
Dragon.
Greed is the biggest thing that pops up through the entire novel, and the ring really
symbolizes it. Bilbo first puts the ring on and says “His head was in a whirl of hope and
wonder. It seemed that the ring he had was a magic ring: it made you invisible!” It was
a great power that Bilbo had knowing that he was invisible, which makes him become a …show more content…
Bilbo ends up taking the ring off because Gollum is obsessed with it and got
Bilbo to do what he said. This ring gave Bilbo a lot of confidence in himself, and
because of the ring Bilbo rescued the dwarves from the Wood-elves. Not only did the
ring symbols greed, but it symbolized what kind of a character Bilbo turned out to be;
confident in himself and brave, especially seen by his friends.
The Arkenstone was a symbol of greed and obsession. Both Thorin and Gollum are
homeless. Not being home, they both become obsessed with an object that means a
lot to them. Thorin's is the Arkenstone of Thrain, a giant diamond that "is worth more
than a river of gold in itself, and to [Thorin] it is beyond price." This stone means so
much to him because it belonged to Thorin's father, Thrain, and Thorin will do anything
to get it back. For Thorin, the Arkenstone is a symbol of his family, and how his family's
lost the kingdom.
Smaug is the "most especially greedy, strong, and wicked" dragon who attacks
friends take on a great adventure to beat Smaug the evil dragon. During this adventure
many trials take place like The Misty Mountains and Markwood, where they meet new
friends and people to help them with what they want to be done. The biggest symbol in
this book is greed. Greed is shown with Bilboʼs Ring, The Arkenstone, and Smaug the
Dragon.
Greed is the biggest thing that pops up through the entire novel, and the ring really
symbolizes it. Bilbo first puts the ring on and says “His head was in a whirl of hope and
wonder. It seemed that the ring he had was a magic ring: it made you invisible!” It was
a great power that Bilbo had knowing that he was invisible, which makes him become a …show more content…
Bilbo ends up taking the ring off because Gollum is obsessed with it and got
Bilbo to do what he said. This ring gave Bilbo a lot of confidence in himself, and
because of the ring Bilbo rescued the dwarves from the Wood-elves. Not only did the
ring symbols greed, but it symbolized what kind of a character Bilbo turned out to be;
confident in himself and brave, especially seen by his friends.
The Arkenstone was a symbol of greed and obsession. Both Thorin and Gollum are
homeless. Not being home, they both become obsessed with an object that means a
lot to them. Thorin's is the Arkenstone of Thrain, a giant diamond that "is worth more
than a river of gold in itself, and to [Thorin] it is beyond price." This stone means so
much to him because it belonged to Thorin's father, Thrain, and Thorin will do anything
to get it back. For Thorin, the Arkenstone is a symbol of his family, and how his family's
lost the kingdom.
Smaug is the "most especially greedy, strong, and wicked" dragon who attacks