Bilbo Baggins

rhetorical devices to allow the reader to further visualize the interaction between Bilbo and Smaug. Bilbo, known as The Hobbit, is presented to be inside of Smaug’s tunnel, seeking revenge due to the number of deaths the dragon has caused. As he walked in, a metaphor is placed, to show how Bilbo thought Smaug was asleep because there was “scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam” coming from Smaug. As Smaug and Bilbo are first known to be around each other, the author makes it…

Good evening Diary, As I am writing to you, everyone is circling around the hobbit. They are all extremely curious about his ability to turn invisible. “They had to have the whole vanishing business carefully explained, and the finding of the ring interested them so much that for a while they forgot their own troubles. Balin in particular insisted on having the Gollum story, riddles and all, told all over again, with the ring in its proper place.” We are all grateful to him for…

In the beginning of the story Bilbo was someone who was easily frightened but now he has grown much bolder in his adventure especially when he confronts Gollum. For example in chapter two when the trolls have taken the dwarves hostage Bilbo doesn’t try to help him for he is too scared. This is shown when he tells Thorin, “‘It’s trolls!’ said Bilbo from behind a tree. They had forgotten all about him” (Tolkien 39). The quote demonstrates Bilbo’s timidity as he pushes the responsibility of saving…

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…

The Maze Runner by James Dashner started off by Thomas the main character who wakes up in a metal box, he doesn't remember anything about his past, except his name. When he steps out of the metal box he finds himself in a strange place called the glade. There are about 50 other boys who've come to the glade who are also known as the gladers. He then meets the leader of the gladers, a boy named Alby and another boy named Newt. Then there's Chuck, the last one to come to the glade who becomes…

Bilbo’s pocket, Bilbo to Frodo, the Ring of power fought to control the minds and wills of many (Pattern 5). The Ring of Sauron exerts resilient power over various characters, but especially Gollum. Gollum succumbs to the Ring’s power and allows it to control his mind. The authority exercised by the Ring also transforms Gollum from hobbit to sniveling, despairing, greedy creature; a creature who cannot acquire all the Ring’s power. Sauron’s Ring also causes internal struggles. Gollum, Bilbo, and…

Thorin continues his search for the Arkenstone, as he is oblivious to the fact that Bilbo has it. The dwarf tells his kin that it is ‘beyond price’ to him. The Arkenstone plays a part in Bilbo’s plan for peace-making. At night, the hobbit puts on the ring and goes to the camp of Bard and the Wood-elves’ king. He gives them the Arkenstone, so Bard has a way of negotiating with Thorin. Bilbo meets Gandalf on his path back to the Mountain, the wizard congratulates him on his actions. Bard takes…

Olsen states, “The complex set of changes that Bilbo’s character undergoes will be one of the central and most intricate stories of the entire book.” Perhaps though the utmost significant set of changes that Bilbo undertakes in regards to his role as the burglar. At the beginning of the story Bilbo is extremely reluctant to join in on the adventure, in his first encounter with Gandalf he attempts to send him away almost immediately. After inviting Gandalf to have a pipe with him and discovering…

traits. Throughout chapter 1 and 2 Tolkien uses the characteristics he considers good or bad.The reader can tell that the author uses the characteristic brave in a positive light because without Gandalf’s quick thinking and bravery the dwarves and Bilbo might have died. “It was the wizard’s voice that had kept the trolls bickering and quarrelling, until the light came and made…

“The Hobbit”, written by J.R.R Tolkien is a hobbit named Bilbo. A typical hobbit doesn’t go on any adventures, they love to stay in their homes and eat comfy food. Bilbo isn’t your typical hobbit, at first he refused to go on any adventure when a wizard named Gandalf asked him to the impossible. But as it turns out, it isn’t the impossible. Bilbo and thirteen dwarves set out on a tough adventure to slap a dragon and take back their treasure. Bilbo helped save the dwarves countless of times and…