A. R. Gurney

Dragonlance Legend Series There are three books in the Dragonlance Legends series, titled Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, and Test of the Twins. This fantasy series was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in 2001. It is set in the mythical world of Krynn where many races roam the land, including humans, dwarves, kender, elves, gnomes, minotaurs, and—who could forget?—goblins. All of the books are written in third person limited, with Caramon’s thoughts being shown but the main…

During the time Lewis was in college and later as a tutor for the college, some his readings exposed him to material by christian authors. Those authors were George MacDonald, and G.K. Chesterton,who was also a journalist, this is a quote of Lewis speaking of the effect these two authors had on his atheistic life, “In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading…

A hero is someone who can be there to help out and to save people in need. A hero is supposed to come in and save the day when it is most needed. In The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, some may say that Bilbo is the hero in the story because of all of the heroic acts he did, but the group’s luck helped them get through the events that happened; therefore, luck is the hero. There are possibly three ways luck could be the hero, the group is lucky with helpers, the group is lucky with time, and the group…

Effectiveness, efficiency, and a great story is what to look for in a book, like The Hobbit. From the book to the movie there are many ineffective changes affecting the plot of the scene. The novel is written by J.R.R. Tolkien, and the movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is directed by Peter Jackson. In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, a little hobbit, is persuaded to venture on a journey with thirteen dwarves and Gandalf, a great wizard, to steal back stolen gold and kill the enormous Smaug. On…

The Hobbit is a good book and one of the reasons it was good because it had many sources and help like King Arthur, Beowulf, and a lot more and now you will read them. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is a children's’ fantasy novel in which a wizard, a Hobbit, and dwarves go on an adventure to recover the dwarves’ lost homeland taken over by a dragon named Smaug. Many connections in The Hobbit and those connections are used by myths and folktales cause Tolkien like to read them as a child. King…

near end of chapter fourteen, when the news of the death of the dragon has spread, and he writes, ‘Very great indeed was the commotion among all things with wings that dwelt on the borders of the Desolation of the Dragon’ (pg 232). Lastly is when J R R Tolkien describes the scene before the Battle of the Five Armies, ‘Winter thunder on a wild rolled roaring up and rumbled in the Mountain, and lightning lit its peak’ (pg 255). Alliterations also contribute to the theme of imagery in Tolkien’s…

If you were to walk into any middle school English class that uses the A.R. program to encourage to read, what would you expect to see? A variety of books of all different genre’s and plots? If this is the cause, you would be sadly mistaken. Richard H. Tyre published an article in 1978 that explains this situation to a tee. He explains how most kids choose to read books similar to Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings series, and even The Wizard of Oz. Now some would not categorize these three…

Music is very important to everyday life. Everyone in every kind of culture has music that they listen to, whether the person who listen to it is a human or a creature from “The Hobbit”. In chapters from this novel, the magical beings known as dwarves, elves, and goblins sing their very own song in that chapter. Each song shows a different tone, content, and structure. This reveal In the beginning of the novel, the dwarves, Gandalf, and Bilbo plan to go on an adventure. When they are planning,…

Music play an important role in people's lives. Music inspire people in different ways, music inspire people to sing, write songs, play instruments, without music people would not be happy. In “The Hobbit” you can find different types of songs like scary, happy, mysterious and much more. The song of the dwarves’ song represents magic, and adventure, because when you read the first paragraph you see “Far over the misty mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old”. When you see this you…

In the story bilbo achieves different milestones in the book,i'm here to tell you about three of them, when he stole the ring when they made it to rivendell and when bilbo saved them from the goblins. The first great obstacle Bilbo and the dwarves overcome is the Misty Mountains. As is the case throughout their journey, the farther from home they travel, the greater the danger. The very name of "the Wild" provides a symbolic contrast with what is familiar, tame, and domestic, and the…