Middle-earth

As they were walking through the woods, they heard weird gigglings and singings. They ran out of foods and Bombur keeps having the dream feasts that he talks about. One night, they saw lights off the path of the forest; they went off path and broke Beorn’s and Gandalf’s instructions. It turns out to be a feast with elves and suddenly it was dark, like the lites have been turned off and the dwarves were yelling each other's’ names, but it seem to fade slowly. Bilbo was alone again, lost in the…

It’s no surprise that this story is based off a war, more specifically World War I. J.R.R Tolkien was in his first phases of creating the story when the war started, so what better place to draw inspiration from. The Fellowship and Sauron’s war is meant to, in a sense, embody World War I. The book itself was published almost to the day, 40 years after WWI started. Throughout the story the main theme is good versus evil, which is the main point of a war one side is made of wrong doers the other…

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…

Beowulf - New Quickspin Slot Game Beowulf is a new slot game released buy the software provider Quickspin. The inspiration for this new game is the old English poem of the same name. The poem does not distinguish between fictional and real historic events even though it was written for entertainment. In this epic poem Beowulf comes to the aid of the king who is under attack by the monster Grendel. He later becomes king himself, under attack this time by a dragon. His attempts to thwart the…

Many different species of creatures form as a team to get a prize, but it did not turn out as easy as they imagined. Each person held an important and valuable responsibility in the journey. All they needed to do was get the treasure that Smaug had taken possession of. It used to belong to Thorin’s father and grandfather, and now now, Thorin is devoted to the promise that he will get it back. With Bilbo, The Hero, Gandalf, The Mentor, and Smaug, The Shadow, the expedition will be full of…

Even people who are very monotonous have a tookish side to them. The character Bilbo Baggins from the novel the Hobbit is a very average hobbit with nothing special about him. In some occasions Bilbo steps out his comfort zone and into the more lively, tookish side. Examples of this is when Bilbo agrees to go on a journey even though he is unfamiliar, he also went ahead of the group to try to pick the pockets of the trolls, and he followed Gollum which could have gotten him killed. In the…

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…

“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…

In The Hobbit Thorin is the "leader" of the dwarves, he planned to take on the adventure to get the treasure back in Chapter 2. Thorin is a very brave, stubborn, proud, and greedy for riches character in the novel. But, Thorin was not much of a heroic leader and his actions in the novel don't make deserving of his death. Thorin inheritance and approach originally makes Thorin seem like a relatively heroic individual. Though, the dwarf’s ranking in reliance to him drops as Bilbo’s rises. For…

In The Hobbit, the protagonists Bilbo Baggins, a cunning hobbit, and Thorin Oakenshield, a dwarf king, demonstrate their heroic characteristics and skills on their quest to reclaim Erebor from a gold loving, fierce and magnificent dragon named Smaug. These skills and characteristics include strength, supernatural help, and accepting the call to adventure. The skills and characteristics Bilbo demonstrates suggests that he is both a traditional and non-traditional hero. Whereas the…