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    The Hobbit Hero's Journey

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    “The Hobbit” is a story written by J.R.R. Tolkien in which a journey filled with whimsical creatures and characters takes place. It’s all about exploring vast lands on a quest for gold and treasure and singing songs of cheer and joy along the way. Each character in the story has their own unique charisma and archetypal role to fulfill. Immediately, as the first chapter begins, the main protagonist is introduced into the story, and, seeing how he is the hero of the story, he will logically…

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    The Hobbit Research Paper

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    When it comes to J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing style, it all comes down to the details. We see throughout the Hobbit the importance of miniscule details to the story, like when explaining Bilbo Baggin’s house and routine. It’s incredibly distinct especially when comparing the trend of modern writers today using shorter prose among young adults. It is not necessarily a bad thing as it shows that Tolkien as an author wishes not only to explain, but essentially show us the world of Middle-Earth. We also…

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    J. R. R. Tolkien wrote a novel that was created into a series of three movies called the The Hobbit. The book was written as a precursor to the Lord of The Rings books, written from 1954-1955, The Hobbit was written in 1937. The Hobbit was split into three separate movies and they were released in 2012-2014 in December each of the three years. The titles of the movies are The Hobbit And Unexpected Journey, The Desolation Of Smaug and The Battle Of Five Armies. Tolkien created and shaped Bilbo…

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    Sigil Research Paper

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    Sigil: the City of Doors. Considered by some to be the jewel of the Outlands, the nexus of power of the multiverse, a place of great beauty or ugliness. Every day in Sigil, deals are made that seal the fate of hundreds and thousands, negotiators barter for peace in the Blood War, and factotums seek the truth to the meaning of everything. People die, ideals are born, and great power is wielded with the flick of a finger. Sigil is a place of contradictions. It’s the centre of an infinite…

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    But this book does not offer a single page of original and unpublished work. What then is the need, now, for such a book? (Beren and Lúthien 11) That, as a Danish prince once said, is the question. There are, indeed, no words of J. R. R. Tolkien here that have not already appeared in The Silmarillion or The History of Middle-earth, and there are many which have been left out. As Christopher points out in the preface, this particular tale changed dramatically over the years, becoming more and…

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    The Hobbit’s Journey The Hobbit: it happens to occur as simply another story said in the same exact way as every other story. The Hero’s Journey. With it being used as the template of nearly every story, there come several similarities, and in the Hobbit, there is no difference. In it, there are three archetypes that are easily found: The Hero, the Herald, and the Threshold Guardian, each representing Bilbo, Gandalf, and the Misty Mountains. These three characters and settings within the story…

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    On the website, people.vcu.edu, it was said that group counseling starts as early as five and could go all the way up to age 18. With that said, different age groups were broken up so it could accommodate a specific age groups. In the beginning, just to sum up everything about children in group counseling, there are three different approaches when dealing with children in group counseling. The three different approaches are Crisis, Problem, and Growth centered groups. In a Crisis-centered group,…

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    Indian Slavery Thesis

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    When a Indian warfare broke out with the white in the 1830s, after that is when most Indian tribes started taking captives. Like the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita tribes. Captives was mostly fraught and lots of hardships, The captives survival mostly depended on the captor and that could vary from tribe to tribe. Different tribes varied on different ways to treat their captives most tribes treated captives with unexpected respect. Tribes would adopt captives into their family and raise…

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    Parents these days could be over protected with their children’s. Parent’s do would anything to keep them safe at all times One of the big problems todays in the use of programs that can show what, where and who does your child does when using the Internet. Teens these days can search for anything without the risk of knowing the consequences. Even though The World Wide Web can be bad for teens, by installing spyware this could cause your child to lose trust. The use of spyware can be helpful…

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    The Maze Runner is a book written by James Dashner. The book is about a boy name Thomas, who was put into a glade with boys. Later came a girl named Teresa. They later found out that Teresa and Thomas were apart the Keepers, which was what they call the people that put them in the glade. Thomas found a way to get out and asked everyone to come with him, some stayed and some when along with the plan. They got out of the glade and found that it was all-apart of the Keeper’s plan for the Gladers.…

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