R. D. Laing

In just one second, everything can change, so people can imagine what a change 83 years can make. Furthermore, a variety of events happened in 1892 including first successful auroral photograph made, University of Chicago opened, the Pledge of Allegiance was written and J.R.R. Tolkien was born. In 1975, Microsoft was created, Jaws was filmed, the Vietnam War ended and, well, David Beckham was born. Just 83 years apart, the world went from taking photographs to creating films, and even went…

J R R Tolkien, an English writer and poet, is known for being a highly skilled writer of fantasy books, such as The Hobbit. He is also known for writing The Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Silmarillion. A lesser known fact about this famous writer, is that he served in the British Army and fought during World War 2 in The Battle of the Somme. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, what is now known as the Free State Province in South Africa. Even though…

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…

In chapters one and two of The Hobbit, Tolkien expresses what he thinks about certain topics. Tolkien expresses these feelings by certain words he uses throughout chapters one and two. Tolkien hints at what he views as positive and negative traits as well as what is more important intellect or being physically empowering. First off, Tolkien expresses what he views as positive traits such as intellect. This is because Bilbo having small stature he needs this intellect to help him be sneaky thus…

Adventure, Morals, and Battles in Tolkien’s The Hobbit. The Hobbit is a fantasy 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…

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…

Sam Cooke Mr. Villmer Honors 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…

In the last years there have been several TV series that have succeeded in the media and that have produced a fan phenomenon and one of them is Game of Thrones. Since its launching in 2011, this drama has caught the attention of the public and has become part of the history of television, breaking records in audience, illegal downloads and sells all over the world. The question here is why this simple and vane fiction has attracted such an amount of audience that are willing to see what is going…

Is Bilbo Baggins a hero or villain. In the fantasy novel written by J.r Tolkien titled the Hobbit. The main protagonist Bilbo Baggins is a dynamic character who changes drastically throughout the duration of his Journey. Bilbo could have easily sat back and be like the rest of the hobbits and not step out of his comfort zone. He displays many characteristics of a hero such as cleverness, loyalty and courage. Bilbo displays the characteristics and values which a true hero embodies but he stays…

In the novel "The Hobbit" written by J.R.R. Tolkien the reader enters a world filled with fantastic elements. The reader is introduced to a world filled with creatures such as Hobbits, dragons and wizards. In this novel, we are introduced to the protagonist named Bilbo Baggins who lives in a fictional village Hobbiton. As a reader Tolkien 's diction choice, add the other stuff intrigue a reader to enter the fantastic world of Bilbo the hobbit as he and the other character 's embark on their the…