Smaug

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…

Intelligence, bravery, dependence, loyalty, and strength are all things that are commonly seen in a hero. Bilbo has all of these characteristics and some beyond that. He is clever as is shown during his competition with Gollum. He is also brave as we know when reading his encounter with the spiders in Mirkwood. He is loyal to his friends and they can depend on him. He is mentally strong and in many was he is the reason that the dwarves were able to complete their quest. Bilbo Baggins is the true…

December 17th, 2014 was a very important day for many people around the world. On that day Peter Jackson released the third and final Hobbit movie, The Battle of Five Armies. It was almost exactly thirteen years before, (December 19th, 2001) that he released the first movie of The Lord of the Rings trilogy; The Fellowship of the Ring. This was a huge moment for all the fans of J.R.R Tolkien’s books, because The Battle of Five Armies is the last part of the whole series. Although the Hobbit…

no matter how small a person may be, they can accomplish anything they put their mind to. Bilbo Baggins accomplished this by slaying terrifying spiders, outwitting the sneaky Gollum and escaping the wise wood elves. All of this to defeat the dragon Smaug and recover the things that once belonged to a great nation. Bilbo has to defy the odds of how hobbits are, prove his worth, and become the hero that he is meant to be. The beginning of the novel made Bilbo seem like a very unlikely…

these challenges when their life is taken over by an exhausting expedition to return stolen treasure. Bilbo Baggins, an ordinary hobbit, is taken on a quest with a wizard named Gandalf and thirteen dwarves to take back treasure that was stolen by Smaug, an evil dragon. This novel is an exceptional piece of literature filled with different character personalities, strong messages about society, and detailed settings. In The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien creates extraordinary personalities for each of…

Can the medieval and the contemporary ever be compared? Although they were written many years apart, the great classics Beowulf and The Hobbit share several similar elements. J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel, The Hobbit, was published in 1937. In contrast, Beowulf’s author is unknown, and the earliest manuscript dates back to about 1000 A.D. Written in distinct styles, the narratives differ since one is an epic poem and the other is a novel. Despite the age difference, parallels abound between the two…

Introduction: How’d He Do That? Memory, symbols, and patterns are important tools to have and use when reading literature. Memory allows the reader to connect what they are reading to something they have read, seen or heard before, and helps them to see similarities between them and draw their own conclusions. Symbols allow readers to find the deeper meaning in what they are reading and help them avoid merely reading what is on the page. Finally, patterns teach the reader what to look…

1) The first character I chose that in my opinion demonstrates heroic qualities in The Hobbit is Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo starts off as just an ordinary hobbit but as he is on his journey with Gandalf and the Dwarves he truly shows his heroic abilities. Time after time Bilbo pushes his limits and reveals all of the courage he truly has. In chapter two he is faced with his first burglary task which is to steal from the trolls. Although he does not succeed in this task what is truly important is that…

forces defying each other each moment goes on, as compared to the novel where the dwarves and Bilbo are always finding their way into the dark, as in this case they are the light. Perhaps the desolation of the evil dragon Smaug was maybe just a small craquelure in seeing that Smaug might just be based off of Satan, and with that being said the fine line between good and evil is clearly exhausted in The Hobbit, and maybe it is trying to express that there is good and evil in all of humanity. This…

In the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien the readers are introduced to the protagonist Bilbo Baggins who is a close-minded, and unadventurous creature “ Sorry I don’t want any adventures, thank you” (6).The protagonist, Bilbo is a hobbit which is a small sized race that is similar to humans. Hobbits have hairy feet and enjoy the comfort of their home and knowing they are safe. He lives in a hole in Bag End Underhill and likes food and drinking.In the beginning Bilbo is not daring and weak…