One Ring

What drives us to undertake a mission? What would you be willing to risk just to reach your goal? Maybe, it's just the satisfaction of feeling good about your self,or maybe you do it just to reach a certain goal. Look at Bilbo Baggins from the story "The Hobbit" he did not like danger what so ever, yet he still went on a dangerous adventure with dwarfs that he didn't even know. On the other hand, you could look at Farah Ahmedi from the passage "The Other Side of the Sky" she was in a war-torn…

Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry are two characters in J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. The two make multiple contributions to the success of the hobbits’ quest. From giving the group a good night’s rest to saving their lives, they made huge contribution to the group’s adventure. The two first appear in chapter six, when Pippin and Merry are stuck in cracks, caused by the willow tree they were sleeping by. Sam and Frodo begin searching for a way to get the…

Bildungsroman, Hobbit Style Growing up is hard, especially the transition from acting like a naïve kid to a mature adult, and the realization of not relying on others for help but your own. Bildungsroman, it means a coming of age story. Usually a coming of age story involves a young person or kid growing up and learning about life. The Hobbit, written by J.R.R Tolkien about hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who goes on a quest with his friends. Bilbo is viewed a respectable hobbit because of his last…

What would you do if you were unexpectedly invited on an adventure? If you were once an unadventurous, uptight, simple Hobbit. Would you go on an adventure with complete strangers for a once in a lifetime experience? Bilbo Baggins the Main character in "The Hobbit" had to make this very decision. Bilbo should have left on an adventure for three reasons: to experience emotions, to develop an understanding of the world around him, and to discover his self-worth. The first reason Bilbo should…

The park contains the largest natural mixed grass prairie still existing in the United States. And on that prairie lives one of only four remaining free-roaming and genetically pure bison herds in North America. But it doesn’t stop there. You can also find raccoon, mink, red foxes, ermines ferrets, river otters, badgers, pronghorn, cougars, coyotes, and the like. And, of…

to him to lead the furious spiders further and further away from the dwarves, if he could; to make them curious, exited and angry all at once” (158). He has gained the dwarves’ respect and increased his physical abilities with the help of Gollum’s ring. Bilbo shows his wits and resourcefulness once again by coming up with the dwarfs’ escape plan after weeks of long term planning and searching since the dwarves were captured and jailed by the Elf King for not only intruding, but also for not…

finish it or recommend it to others. Therefore, an author will use various narrative strategies to promote reader engagement, and this is something that J. R. R. Tolkien does extremely well. The Hobbit has received wide critical acclaim and has become one of the most famous novels of our time, due in part to the reader engagement it produces. In The Hobbit, the narrative strategies such as the use of a third-person omniscient narrator with subjective first-person insight, a temporal perspective…

All narratives refer to the art of storytelling, a sequence that is followed known as the Hero’s Journey. An example of a narrative that exhibits the Hero’s Journey is The Hobbit, a fictional novel written by J.R.R Tolkien about a Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who goes on an enticing adventure. This essay will elucidate why tests, allies, and enemies, the sixth stage of the Hero’s Journey, more specifically the tests, is the most significant stage of the narrative, as the trials mold Bilbo into a…

The Camping Trip Beep! beep! beep!, whack! Ten minutes later, beep! beep! beep!, whack! Knock! Knock! knock! “It's time to get up Mark!” Mark's mom yells. “We’re going camping today remember? Springing out of bed Mark threw on his clothes grabbed his backpack and sprinted right past his mom. “Come on Mom we have to go!” Mark had totally forgotten about the camping trip. Mark loved going camping with his family, he loved going out in wide open spaces and hunting. This year, his dad had…

function, or process.” In Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, there are an unlimited amount of symbols and motifs. The book is an adventure novel, narrating a tale of pirates and treasure, it is typically considered a coming of age story. One of the main symbols is the map. Billy Bones is a character within the first of the novel and among his things, Jim and his mother find the map. The map is the most important treasure in the book. The map represents more than just a map, it is the…