The History of Middle-earth

"You will NEVER be able to reclaim that mountain, stupid dwarf!" The elf fumed, his eyes glistening with malice as he clutched the armrests of his throne in anger. "What are you even thinking? Marching into Erebor with a handful of over-the-hill dwarfs and mere tod-dlers to face Smaug? I will not allow for your stubbornness to re-awake that dragon to bring death and destruction over all Arda! If you don't give in, you and your people shall rot in my dungeon. Your case is lost, dwarf!" "And so…

Have you ever wanted to live in a world of fantasy filled with orcs, wizards, elves and dwarves? If so, the Lord of the Rings is for you. In the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo is given the task of guarding the Ring of Rulers. His first mission was to reach Rivendell, the elfin city. Along the way, Sam, Merry, and Pippin in the Shire, and Aragorn (otherwise known as Strider) in Bree joined him. On their journey, they have had to evade the Black Riders who are supernatural servants…

Dragonlance Legend Series There are three books in the Dragonlance Legends series, titled Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, and Test of the Twins. This fantasy series was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in 2001. It is set in the mythical world of Krynn where many races roam the land, including humans, dwarves, kender, elves, gnomes, minotaurs, and—who could forget?—goblins. All of the books are written in third person limited, with Caramon’s thoughts being shown but the main…

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…

are some examples of the creature that live in the middle earth and have cultural values within them. The cultural value that passed down throughout the generations affecting their way to identify the threat that endangers their existence in the middle earth and give them guidance on how to responds to the threat itself. To see how the culture of each group affecting their ability to identify and respond to the threat that endangers middle earth, one needs to address the threat that they face.…

Heroism Heroism “Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.” Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn. Heroes can be anyone, heroes don’t put themselves before others, they put others lives before their own. They make sacrifices and hard decisions like choosing the few over the many. Heroes would sacrifice themselves for the lives of others. Heroes don’t always succeed at what they are trying to accomplish. Sometimes they don’t…

The Hobbit is a good book and one of the reasons it was good because it had many sources and help like King Arthur, Beowulf, and a lot more and now you will read them. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is a children's’ fantasy novel in which a wizard, a Hobbit, and dwarves go on an adventure to recover the dwarves’ lost homeland taken over by a dragon named Smaug. Many connections in The Hobbit and those connections are used by myths and folktales cause Tolkien like to read them as a child. King…

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…

Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit. Hobbits are short and they have no beards. They are fat in the stomach. They wear bright colors and wear no shoes because they have thick callous on the bottom of their feet. Hobbits have strange brown hair on their feet which keep their feet warm. Hobbits can disappear quickly and quietly when a large folk comes making a noise like elephants that they can hear a mile off. Hobbits have long brown fingers, good-natured faces, and have deep fruity laughs. People…