In the contexts of the Monomyth, Bilbo and his journey in the book The Hobbit (1937) can be compared to Moana’s journey in the film Moana (2016). J.R.R. Tolkien’s book, The Hobbit, tells the story of Bilbo’s journey to the Lonely Mountain with Gandalf and thirteen dwarves. Moana, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, tells the story of Moana’s journey to return the Heart of Te Fiti. The Monomyth, first coined by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), is a storytelling…
All narratives refer to an art of storytelling, a sequence that is followed known as the Hero’s Journey. An example of a narrative that exhibits the Hero’s Journey is The Hobbit, a fictional novel written by J.R.R Tolkien, first published in 1937. This is a story about a creature known as a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who goes on an enticing adventure. This essay will elucidate why the sixth stage of the Hero’s Journey, tests, allies and enemies, is the most significant within the narrative.…
Imagine if you and two of your friends are stuck in a huge maze built with tall concrete walls, covered in ivy. To make this situation more interesting, this maze is filled with huge monsters, called the grievers. You don’t have any memory of what happened two days ago. If you had the choice to save your friends, what would you do? This was the situation of Thomas, the lead character in the Maze Runner, by James Dashner. Thomas is sent to a hidden place called the Glade. This place has a huge…
Archetypes Related to The Hobbit In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, many different archetypes and literary codes are discussed. Examples of these archetypes that apply to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit include a hero’s quest, the act of communion, and a descent into the underworld. Understanding how these different archetypes apply to literature, whether it’s the casual reader or an English professor, can greatly enhance the reading experience. One archetype mentioned…
In J. R. R. Tolkien story, “The Hobbit”, Bilbo, the main character, is a man who displays courage and strength while on the adventures of being a false burgular. In the story, Bilbo decides to give Bard and the others the Arkenstone of Thrain to help in haggling with Thorin. The reason for Bilbo actions comes from Bard seeking aid from Thorin, because while killing the dragon Smaug, Laketown was destroyed. Thorin feels as though Laketown’s destruction isnt his problem, and in this refused to…
persuades him to join a group of dwarves on a journey to reclaim Erebor. During their quest Bilbo discovers that even though he may just be a hobbit (a member of an imaginary race similar to humans, of small size and with hairy feet, in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien)…
of The Hobbit, but, from this particular distribution of rewards the reader does in fact gain the satisfaction that seems to be missing from Tolkien’s ending. Why do these rewards, so similar in outward appearance, impart what The Hobbit’s fails to? It is because the satisfaction given in Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, this “Consolation of the Happy Ending” (Tolkien, 2001, 68), does not in fact come from the actual awarding of points, even as it appears to. It comes instead…
Seeing a half-human, half-horse in real life would be a great experience. A centaur would be that creature and he would have the head and torso of a human but the body of a horse. In Harry Potter the centaur places the role of having to save Harry and keep the woods in order like from Voldemort trying to stay alive by drinking unicorn blood. A centaur is a savior and anyone would be lucky to have one around because they’re so magical and are good protectors. The unicorn that Voldemort was…
You shall not pass!” (Gandalf). Anyone can at least tell you who or what this quote is from. This three part movie follows a young Hobbit named Frodo, along with The Fellowship to take an evil ring to Mount Doom. Lord of The Rings is by far the best movie series, with its mythical world, the plot and characters, and dialogue. The legendarium of Middle Earth is home to many races and creatures real, and nonexistent. Words can not explain how the author of the original books, JRR…
In bloemfontein, South Africa, on January 3, 1892, a man was born, his name was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Tolkien, a man who lived in two centuries, a man who has lived in a time when an American president John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the same man who lived through the Korean War, and through a time when two atomic bombs were dropped, desolating the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki in Japan, of course, in an effort to put the kibosh on the fighting in World War II has lived through a…