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    Confidence in the Quest Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit and Sierra from Shadowshaper both start out as characters who do not know much about the fantastic that is in their lives. Bilbo knows a miniscule part of what lies beyond his hole in the ground, but never imagined being a part of any adventure because as a hobbit they stay with comfort. Sierra on the other hand is an artist that knows nothing of what was to come in her future. At the beginning of the book it shows that after leaving the…

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    Chapter 1 opens as the wizard Gandalf visits the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and invites him to join in an adventure. Bilbo declines, reluctant to leave the safety and comfort of his hobbit-hole. The next day, he is visited by dwarves who believe Bilbo can be of use to them in their journey to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim their ancestral treasure, now in the possession of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo realizes that Gandalf had represented him to the dwarves as a burglar. He reluctantly agrees to go, but he…

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    Music In The Hobbit

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    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, the dwarves start to sing a little song. “Far over the misty mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old, We must ere break of day, To seek the pale of enchanted gold.” The dwarves are…

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    lives and stay in the Middle Earth; however, the master ring that rules all of the Elven kings, Dwarf lords and Mortal men, falls into the hands of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. The power of the ring corrupts the simple life of Bilbo, so Bilbo’s wizard friend, Gandalf, stops him, and let Bilbo’s heir, Frodo Baggins, to go on a quest,…

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    The Hobbit Short Summary

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    In the story The Hobbit, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, the Main Characters are Bilbo the hobbit and the dwarves. The Main setting is, well there's not really just one setting for you see in the Book Bilbo is on an adventure and has to travel many lands but his main goal is to get to the mountains. In the begging of the story Bilbo and his normal ordinary routine is disrupted by a wizard and 12 dwarves. They seek a burglar and a top notch burglar because they want to claim their treasure back from…

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    Odysseus from The Odyssey and Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit are popular heroines in the world of literature. With their bravery and the help of mentors, they were able to fight off challenges throughout their journey that risked the possibility of death. When deciding who had a tougher challenge between fighting off tests, enemies, and monsters; it is important to reflect on Odysseus’s and Bilbo’s Ordeal, amount of aid given from their mentor, and their own bravery. According to eighth step of…

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    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 their journey they face many hardships, but those hardships help shape the heroic Bilbo that shows up at the end of the novel. In the motion picture there is many changes from the original. Especially in chapter five, Riddles In The Dark, in which Bilbo…

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    Bilbo Change In The Hobbit

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    story surrounds a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. In the story Bilbo sees change in his everyday life. He goes from a “do nothing everyday” type hobbit to an adventure Hobbit like his mother’s side of the family, the Tooks. Throughout the story Bilbo goes through major character changes as he gets deeper into the adventure he was dragged in. His maturity is easily noticeable after he goes through these tasks set in front of him. Bilbo’s character is very unique. Bilbo was born with the blood of…

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    gets worse!” Bilbo croaked, “The smell? Yes, dragon smells absolutely foul." Bilbo's nostrils flared. "Worse than troll?" "Though troll is foul, I am afraid there is simply no contest between the two." The small jest distracted from Bilbo's impending fate. But the merriment was short-lived. Here was the brink. Beyond the treasury and a monstrous drake sleeping on a bed of gold. Any bravery you had perhaps had fled into your belly and hid there. “This is as far as I can go, Bilbo.”…

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    but also uses the character of Bilbo as an analogy of the traits of soldier in the First World War, as well as their heroism. Bilbo Baggins distinguishes himself from other typical heroes: Society often classifies heroes as dauntless warriors, a stereotypical…

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