Middle-earth

means comfort’ (pg 3). In J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit, there is a world just like ours. But what two worlds are exactly alike? No matter the similarity, each world is as unique as a snowflake. This world, born of Tolkien’s imagination, resides in Middle Earth; this is one whose people are Man, Dwarves, Dragons, Elves, and Hobbits alike. Throughout this tale, the readers follow one such hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who joins thirteen militant dwarves on their quest to reclaim their homeland and the…

novel created by J.R.R. Tolkien. In The Hobbit, Tolkien explains about an Adventure, Morales, and Battles that take place in the book. J.R.R. Tolkien created the works of “The Hobbit” in a completely new world. He created characters that lived in middle –earth that made “The Hobbit” an adventure to read. Bilbo Baggins is a character in the book, who is a Hobbit that lives in a Hobbit hole named Bag End, which is in Hobbiton, also known as the Shire. Bilbo is an average sized hobbit (which is…

most powerful ring. While some of the heroes encounter giant living trees, wizards, and huge orc armies, Frodo and Sam are led to Mordor by a corrupted little creature called Gollum. They could achieve victory against sauron or fail making all of Middle-Earth peril. The author’s purpose for writing this novel was to entertain the reader. The author did this by creating a new setting in which many evil creatures and entities try to defeat the…

A new computer, book, dress, phone, or movie, each item has a purpose in life, but also a certain amount of power over the beholder. J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Return of the King, described a specific object in his novels and the supremacy it held over certain characters. The One Ring of Power, The Ring of Sauron, plays an essential role in The Return of the King as a source of power, trial of will, and symbol. From Sauron to Isildur, the river to Gollum, Gollum’s cave to Bilbo’s pocket,…

The Lord of the Rings is an epic trilogy that leads the viewer through mystical lands and intense gore filed battles. Lord of the Rings is a series of novels by J.R.R Tolkien that was made into three films and effectively created one of the most loyal fan bases. The Lord of the Rings is a movie franchise that has not only been shown throughout many age groups but also has made impacts on the film industry entirely. These films will go down in history as one of the greatest films of the 21st…

Journey could easily be described as the least grim. The film could be classified as unique circumstance because it does not center around battles and villains like the others do. Instead, An Unexpected Journey works to acquaint the reader with the Middle Earth and its inhabitants. Therefore, a spirited tone is required to capture the audience’s attention and to set up the journey that would carry on throughout the next two films. In the final scene of the movie, Bilbo delivers the ironic line,…

An Oxford don, a romanticist and a loyal Catholic, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien fit the perfect mold for creating the greatest epic trilogy of the twentieth century (Jones 11, 22, 25). Specializing in areas such as Welsh and Anglo-Saxon language, history, and literature, J. R. R. Tolkien gained enough knowledge to create his own language for the character origins and names in his stories, such as those of the elves and the dwarves (31). The combination of his Germanic insight on history and…

Book report Ivo Schols (5v1) of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 1 Essentials a) Title of the work. The Hobbit (Fifth edition) b) Author(s) J.R.R. Tolkien c) First date of publication. In 1991 by HarperCollinsPublishers 2 Setting a) When does the story take place? How can you tell? The story took place 6000 years ago, I could not tell by reading the book ( I looked it up after I read the book because I was curious). When I was done with the book I thought it took place around…

“The dragon sickness is a malady that affects all of us. Well, most of us.” (The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies) J.R.R Tolkien’s literary series that follows the lives of the hobbits and the dwarves of Middle Earth exemplifies a variety of themes and conflicts that leaves the audience reeling for more as the pages grow in number. Many scholars suggest that the ring of Sauron is the ultimate antagonist within the story; however, the ring itself is not inherently evil, nor is it inherently good…

In the Novel, “The Hobbit”, written by J.R.R Tolkien is a hobbit named Bilbo. A typical hobbit doesn’t go on any adventures, they love to stay in their homes and eat comfy food. Bilbo isn’t your typical hobbit, at first he refused to go on any adventure when a wizard named Gandalf asked him to the impossible. But as it turns out, it isn’t the impossible. Bilbo and thirteen dwarves set out on a tough adventure to slap a dragon and take back their treasure. Bilbo helped save the dwarves countless…