Middle-earth

Tolkien’s One Ring and the Desire to Obtain it The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien explores the adventure of Frodo Baggins and the One Ring of power created by Sauron, the Dark Lord. Throughout the three texts, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, Tolkien creates a world that is affected by choice and desire. The characters that interact with Sauron’s ring of power stretch across all three books and across all social statuses and races. Humans,…

In the excerpt from The Hobbit, a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, he provides an array of rhetorical devices to allow the reader to further visualize the interaction between Bilbo and Smaug. Bilbo, known as The Hobbit, is presented to be inside of Smaug’s tunnel, seeking revenge due to the number of deaths the dragon has caused. As he walked in, a metaphor is placed, to show how Bilbo thought Smaug was asleep because there was “scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam” coming from Smaug. As…

J.R.R. Tolkien is a man who was around for a while and saw many things in his life. Tolkien also accomplished many things in his life as well. Tolkien was a scholar in English, wrote multiple books in his lifetime including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien also fought in World War I. Tolkien was involved in one of the most gruesome battles of all time, The Battle of Somme. Over a million soldiers were either killed or wounded during the battle. Tolkien has experienced a lot in…

Essay 1. Choose one character from The Hobbit. Evaluate their actions to determine whether they act as a hero, a villain or in some other way in the novel. As part of your discussion, consider the importance of the narrator’s description of the character’s actions. Intro Thorin is a villain from the start to the finish Para 1: Thorin shows some of his colours Part 2: Although Thorin begins to show some heroic attributes, his real character is put into shadow but is ever present. Para 3: Thorin…

Think about any time that a television show runs, and the scene changes. This idea can become greatly compared with The Hobbit. The story moves on to a different part almost without warning. Even though it moves quickly, the story still manages to connect with a hero’s journey. Throughout The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien uses a hero’s journey to show the different stages, the departure, the initiation, and the return. In chapter one, this quote greatly represents the departure: “Let's have no more…

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…

The Hobbit The book I have read is The Hobbit written by J.J.R Tolkien. The book is nonfiction and a great all around book. It is about an army of dwarfs, elves, and a single hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. They are on a quest to get Thornin’s treasure back from a dragon named Smaug. Biblo was from a small place outside of Hobbiton. Hobbits are known for taking no risk or adventures, but Bilbo is going to change that in the story. In the end this book proves that hard work and dedication, anything…

The story of the Hobbit, and bilbo baggins.It stats with the jeoney and were he is now and how he had got to safety with all his new friends. The small dwarf was in his small hobbit hole and not a nasty one, no it was a warm and dry hole that was safe and homey. But one day it wasn't as quiet and peaceful as he liked it no there was a lot of noises and many more dwarves and on wizard.And they all had him on a long advanstar were it lead Bilbo to where now with all the wizard and dwarves,…

"You will NEVER be able to reclaim that mountain, stupid dwarf!" The elf fumed, his eyes glistening with malice as he clutched the armrests of his throne in anger. "What are you even thinking? Marching into Erebor with a handful of over-the-hill dwarfs and mere tod-dlers to face Smaug? I will not allow for your stubbornness to re-awake that dragon to bring death and destruction over all Arda! If you don't give in, you and your people shall rot in my dungeon. Your case is lost, dwarf!" "And so…

Dragonlance Legend Series There are three books in the Dragonlance Legends series, titled Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, and Test of the Twins. This fantasy series was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in 2001. It is set in the mythical world of Krynn where many races roam the land, including humans, dwarves, kender, elves, gnomes, minotaurs, and—who could forget?—goblins. All of the books are written in third person limited, with Caramon’s thoughts being shown but the main…