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    Why Do Fiction Exist

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    It is vacuously true iff there are no possible worlds where f is told as known fact” . Simply put, a fictional scenario can exist in a possible world where those existing in said world takes a book such as The Hobbit as a true account as well as the events in the book actually being true. Having a possible world where the fictional account is a true one means that because the fictional book is the same in the actual world and the other possible world, one can…

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    Bilbo's Heroic Journey

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    Bilbo's Heroic Journey “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, said by Joseph Campbell who is an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer. Without doubt, Bilbo Baggins is one of the thousand heroes. Bilbo, who lives in a comfortable world, never imagined the possibility of himself being a hero at the beginning. However, while he facing those unimaginable hardships and dangers, he chose to seize the sword to fight with them instead of cowering back. The story of Bilbo has a happy modify. He…

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    J. R. Tolkien: A Hero

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    J.R.R Tolkien Heroes are leaders who are caring, honorable, and brave. Ordinary people can be heroes when they have enough perseverance to do extraordinary tasks. These individuals sacrifice themselves for anyone. J.R.R. Tolkien is a hero because, he fought in World War I and saved many lives, and never gave up on his love for writing and put that into his career. Tolkien's Father died when Roald was at the age of four. In 1904 Ronald's mother passed away due to sickness. Ronald and his…

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    Characters from movies, tv shows and novels all have traits that make them relatable to individual people. One of my all time favorite book series is the Lord of the Rings. All of the interesting places, stories and people make for an amazing collection of books. The person I relate to the most from Lord of the Rings is Aragorn. Me and Aragorn are both helpful, optimistic and adventurous. Firstly, I love helping people. I help random people, my mom, my dad and I help out at the Westmoreland…

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    had met him, she hadn't been so determined to get out. They went up to the gate, saw it was closed by guards, and almost gave completely up. But then when they met Ghulam who had sided with them, they had been determined. Another example is The Hobbit, when Gandalf and them first got to Bilbo's house, Bilbo had no idea what was happening, or at all what was going on. But then Bilbo hears Gloin in the other room, and he makes nasty comments about how Bilbo was not the right man for the job.…

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    Bilbo Baggins Archetypes

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    rely on the evil power, which is associated with the ring that corrupts individuals. He is presented as the Everyman archetype in hobbits, and can be taken as the basic example of a normal hobbit doing what they do in their lives. He is able to understand that adventures are not for him. He is looking for relief and wants to conform to the normal standards of the hobbit society, which is the ideal situation for a member archetype individual. He says, “Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank…

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    An archetype is an example of a certain person or thing that can appear in literature and movies, they often represent a common pattern with every story. Archetypes can be broken down into three main groups or types, character, situational, and symbolic archetypes. Situational archetypes are situations that appear over and over in movies, literature and stories of all kinds. One example of this would be the unhealable wound, the wound, either physical or psychological, cannot be fully healed,…

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    The Silmarillion is a fantasy epic by J. R. R. Tolkien that plunges you into a world full of the rich histories of the people that live there. Furthermore; it is a collection of five consecutive works; the Ainulindale, the Valaquenta, the Quenta Silmarillion, the Akkallabeth, and the section of the rings of power and the third age. The Ainulindale brings you into the mist of Eru Illuvatar and his holy ones the Ainur. At once the Ainur begin singing Ea (the universe) into existence. Nevertheless;…

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    The Two Towers

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    burden of the ring grows heavier and heavier for Frodo. In this particular section of the text, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum have made their way to the Black Gate of Mordor. ` Since the Black Gate is constantly patrolled by Sauron’s evil sentinels, the hobbits are considering to take an alternative route through Minas Ithil into…

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    J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. He loved to create and learn languages his whole life. His parents died when he was a young man. He attended Oxford College. The Hobbit was published in 1937 and is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He wrote it as a Dark Age prehistory for Europe. The novels had integrated many diverse characters throughout the storyline. There are many conflicts that change the course of the plot. This includes characters’ fates and the destiny…

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