One Ring

Statistics show that most people crave music. Music plays a crucial role in many people’s daily lives,this also goes for magical creatures. J.R.R Tolkien reveals this through the elves, dwarves, and the goblins songs. Each one of the songs had a distinct tone, content, and structure. In The Hobbit, the elves have a very distinctive genre of music. Unlike most, their tone is teasing and playful, and it is not meant to be taken seriously. Most song lyrics were insults meant to entertain the…

Grimwold had left Cross to wait in the room reserved for those wishing an audience with the King while he made the arrangements. He returned over an hour later and escorted Cross into the throne room of the Dwarven King, Gdact Gemquarrier. The room was vast and its floor which was made of marble, was so clean that you could see your very own reflection. The stone walls were jagged. Carved within them were remarkable writings, written in such detail that anyone, who could read the Dwarven…

through change, and without it life would be bland and boring. Change is what adds the variety and fun to life. In the book The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins used to be someone who would stay at home and didn’t want anything to interrupt his daily routine, but one day Gandalf and a bunch of dwarves hauled him along on their long, treacherous journey to reclaim their stolen gold. After this, Bilbo has started to show signs of him changing from a boring old hobbit, to a hero that saved the day. Some of…

from hitting his head on a rock. He decides to find a way out of the cave, he is in, but while he is feeling the ground looking for a way out he finds a ring. Bilbo proceeds through the cave and finds a small…

British Literature ACP 29 August 2014 A Heroic Hobbit and Deft Dwarves J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit portrays a wide range of characters throughout the novel. In which, a tale wrought with adventure and danger unfolds with two unlikely forces aiding one another in order to achieve a common goal. The hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is a well to do little creature who enjoys a quiet life in his comfortable hole in the earth. In fact, upon Gandalf inquiring about Bilbo accompanying him on an adventure, the…

“The Hobbit” hold these aspects listed above yet also much more in terms of literary elements as well as personally in my life. These aspects being Tolkien’s epic fantasy world and the realm's inhabitants, the character archetypes and development each one faces, as well as the author’s tone and mood throughout the book. A creative spark was ignited in my brother’s and I because of this literature and continues to remain a part of our lives due to J.R.R Tolkien and his world. Furthering the…

what. People usually respect the code of chivalry, yet it has many parts that are fatuous. Among the many different kinds of satire being used, the most prominent technique is exaggeration, with many different examples of this throughout the scene. One example is when Arthur is fighting the Knight, where he cleaves off the Knight’s right arm, and when he…

into the start of the journey ahead. The beginning of transforming into who they need to be. The threshold guardians are defined as the ones who try to stop the protagonist from crossing the threshold, the ones who try to stop them from going on the…

twice. Just don’t” (Woodrell 63). Mrs. Thump never said that Thump Milton didn’t know what happened to Ree’s father but instead that he wouldn’t tell. Ree didn’t get to meet Thump Milton on this trip to Hawkfall but she still knew that he was the only one who could tell her where her dad was. The importance of this journey to Hawkfall was that Mrs. Thump acted as a threshold guardian for the next time she came to…

Most people in life search for power, sometimes all people want is money, with that comes greed. With a good reputation along with a set and sturdy life, people tend to be lazy and not contribute to the world. You can relate all of these factors to one character's life, Bilbo Baggins. J.R.R Tolkien creates a character named Bilbo he is an ordinary stay at home hobbit, he spends his days eating and tending to his garden,…