George R. R. Martin

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…

young age in Tolkien even by his fellow peers as he always had his head in books or writing of some sort. (Johansen, K.V. "Tolkien and Lewis." Resource Links, Oct. 2002, p. 28+. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=j014910&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA93918072&asid=eb68f6228db1c8981a74d40138c1a56f. Accessed 3 Apr.…

Michael Santurello II The Hobbit Hon English IV 8 February 2017 A Journey Into The Hobbit A journey into the middle-earth, is where the author J.R.R Tolkien takes the reader in the novel known as The Hobbit. This book tells of a quest in which Bilbo Baggins, a small hobbit is hired by dwarves to come with them to fight a dragon and have a share of their treasure. There is much reason to believe that, even though not his intent, Mr. Tolkien had made his writings of Lord of the Rings and the…

Bilbo was a meticulous hobbit. He had his way of doing things and didn’t really enjoy anything too crazy and out of the norm. For example, on pg.4 and 5, when Gandalf had just asked Bilbo about adventuring, Bilbo said, “We [Hobbits] are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. … I can’t think what anybody sees in them,...We do“Ding Dong! Ding Dong!” Ryan lifted her head groggily as she noticed her twin sister, Camryn, sprinting out of their room in her black and blue leather denim…

Mostly every movie will never be the same way the book is set up.. Well the same situation happens in the book, ‘The Hobbit’. The author of ‘The Hobbit’ is J.R.R Tolkien and the movie director is Peter Jackson. The Hobbit is about a little hobbit living a very comfortable, calm, and simple life, that goes by the name Bilbo Baggins. Until one day he was chose by a wizard, Gandalf to go on adventure with him. A small hobbit that has no experience going on adventures and facing prettified…

Alex Cochran Mrs. Locke Honors English IV 17th Nov. 2015 There and Tolkien Again From Elves and Goblins, to mortal Men and powerful Rings, Tolkien created them all. Regarded as the father to the nerdish race, Tolkien is the master of fantasy and imagination. Through reading this dynamic and fact filled essay, let’s dive into the whimsical world of Tolkien, and discover what put this man among other legendary writers, such as Charles Dickens, Gary Paulsen, and Karl Marx. John Ronald Reuel…