The History of Middle-earth

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    All narratives refer to an 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, first published in 1937. This is a story about a creature known as a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who goes on an enticing adventure. This essay will elucidate why the sixth stage of the Hero’s Journey, tests, allies and enemies, is the most significant within the narrative.…

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    Imagine if you and two of your friends are stuck in a huge maze built with tall concrete walls, covered in ivy. To make this situation more interesting, this maze is filled with huge monsters, called the grievers. You don’t have any memory of what happened two days ago. If you had the choice to save your friends, what would you do? This was the situation of Thomas, the lead character in the Maze Runner, by James Dashner. Thomas is sent to a hidden place called the Glade. This place has a huge…

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    During a hero’s journey, a hero must travel to the underworld to receive the knowledge needed to complete their journey. In Daniel Woodrell’s Novel Winter’s Bone, Ree Dolly must travel to her own Underworld to learn the truth about her father’s where about and save her home from being taken. Ree’s begins to enter her Underworld when she re-visits Hawkfall for a second time looking for Thump Milton, after being told to never return. Although Ree went through many Underworld like events, her…

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    killing an individual each time he made a Horcrux. While on our journey from the throes of despair towards the warm glow of contemtment and peace of mind, we too can ensure that we live on for a far greater length of time than our physical presence on Earth. Pouring our souls into each one of our creations can turn them from ordinary elements to beautiful and inspiring Horcruxes for all time to come. The inherent feeling of genuine happiness that this act spreads is to be felt to be…

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    Frodo: The Power Of Hope

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    as he makes one last stand in defiance of evil, and draws the Orcs to him smiting them as he blows the horn of Gondor. Treebeard reawakens the forest from their long sleep as he calls them to war not just for themselves, but for the peoples of Middle Earth (475). Faramir faces the decision of either choosing his loyalty to his father, or choosing to follow his heart. He chooses to protect and let Frodo go, and accepts Gondor’s laws of punishment and death for defying the steward his father (675)…

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    In the beginning of the book, Tolkien uses vivid descriptions to give us a view inside of Bilbo's life, and to briefly show readers his hobbit hole located in Middle Earth. Tolkien writes in page 1, “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit... It was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” His hole is symbolized as a place of comfort, similar to our comfort in our own homes. Most people in life search for power, sometimes all people want is money, with that comes greed. With a good…

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    According to Thomas Foster, a quest narrative is a story where the main character sets out to accomplish something, but in the process of that quest, something quite different happens that has a profound effect on this character. The game “ Tales of Two Sons” begins with a little boy named Naiee who is trying his best to save his mother who is drowning at sea, and has asked her son for help, but Naiee was unable to rescue her. Then the older brother, Naia calls Naiee to assist him to carry…

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    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…

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    The Hobbit Archetypes

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    Archetypes Related to The Hobbit In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, many different archetypes and literary codes are discussed. Examples of these archetypes that apply to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit include a hero’s quest, the act of communion, and a descent into the underworld. Understanding how these different archetypes apply to literature, whether it’s the casual reader or an English professor, can greatly enhance the reading experience. One archetype mentioned…

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    Bilbo Themes

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    In the book The Hobbit, Tolkien incorporates topics that relates to other pieces of literary work, specifically the topic/theme of how no matter someone's background anyone can achieve something that they set their mind to. A text that relates to this topic is the the poem Can I? Why Not? written by Liam Francis. In both texts the idea of achieving a goal is covered. In the novel The Hobbit, the main character Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit that lives in a hole, when one day Gandalf appears and…

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