Bilbo Baggins

It was the most unlikely event to happen. Just by chance did the hobbit Bilbo Baggins reach down and pick up what at the time seemed insignificant, “ . . . a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel” (Tolkien 76). At this point of the book, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the character Bilbo thinks nothing of picking up what seems an insignificant object, this cold tiny ring. Little does Bilbo know that this ring would change Middle Earth forever and, though the ring is an…

do something maybe dangerous or something wrong and you would rather stay away from trouble. That was Bilbo all the time before he went on an adventure with the dwarves and Gandalf. He let loose at sometimes, and the readers started to see his “tookish” side. Meaning he stepped out of his comfort zone. In the beginning of the novel, Bilbo invited Gandalf over for tea time. Come tea time Bilbo expects the wizard, instead, thirteen dwarves show up instead. A small amount of time goes by, after…

Part 1: After Boromir had been killed by the Uruk-hai, Frodo and Sam left continuing their quest to destroy the ring. The part of the fellowship that remained headed towards Rohan and were informed that the Uruk-hai had tried to take Merry & Pippin to Isengard but they escaped into Fangorn the forest where the Ents live. While in Rohan the fellowship helped out during the battle of Helm's Deep. In the forest Merry & Pippin Met an Ent named Treebeard. After being in the forest for a while the…

For a long time, the World of Middle-Earth, created by J. R. R. Tolkien, was described as a true work of art. Tolkien is one of the first authors to ever create an entire fantasy just for the sake of his books. That shows his dedication to his passion of writing. And it paid off in the end. Tolkien is considered by many as one of the best, if not the best, authors of all time. He created new names, new places, and much more. Tolkien was very dedicated to his passion. He spent so much item ad…

In a normal day to day life everybody owns a certain amount of power but with great power comes great responsibility. The Fellowship of the Ring is a book about Frodo and his friends on the journey to destroy the Ring, a device created by Sauron with the purpose to rule and enslave the minds of the species on Middle-earth. During the journey to destroy the Ring, Frodo and his friends must try to resist the Ring’s corruptive powers. In the Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien uses various…

Heroism Heroism “Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.” Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn. Heroes can be anyone, heroes don’t put themselves before others, they put others lives before their own. They make sacrifices and hard decisions like choosing the few over the many. Heroes would sacrifice themselves for the lives of others. Heroes don’t always succeed at what they are trying to accomplish. Sometimes they don’t…

In the film Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, the characters Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins share a very intimate friendship. One could even say they were brothers. Sam displays signs of deep concern for Frodo throughout the film. This is shown in the way he looks at Frodo, taking risks to protect him, and so forth. Frodo does the same for Sam, but in a less risky sense. He cares for him deeply, but doesn’t seem to take the same life threatening risks Sam does in order to do what is…

People change when they are forced out of comfort and into doing things by themselves. Bilbo develops positively from 3 events that challenge him because he does not stay in hobbit hole and do nothing. He becomes less sedentary and more adventurous when the dwarves and Gandalf convince him with the song to go on the adventure, he becomes more brave when he steals the ring from Gollum and he becomes more responsible when dealing with the spiders after Gandalf leaves. The song they sing makes him…

film showed that Bilbo was a weaker hero in the book portrayal through his, actions, emotions/feelings, and physical shape. Bilbo’s actions in the book reveal Bilbo to be a weaker hero. Bilbo is frightened and cautious in the book, but is a leading character in the movie. Which makes Bilbo look like a weaker hero. Bilbo’s scared of the eyes in the dark, “And sometimes they would gleams down from the branches just above him; and that was most terrifying,” (Tolkien 141). The reason Bilbo is weaker…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the tale of King Arthur’s knight and nephew, Gawain, and his quest to fulfill a challenge that is proposed to him by a mysterious stranger known as the Green Knight. On his way to find the Green Knight, Gawain unknowingly receives various moral tests given to him by a lord named Bertilak, who offers Gawain a place to stay in his castle during his travels. The Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem was written in the late 14th-century. Although the poem is a…