The Hobbit

traits of a true hero. The Hobbit is a classic tale written by J.R.R. Tolkien that tells the reader incredible journeys of a hero. Bilbo embarks on a traditional quest that takes him away from his ordinary life. Throughout his adventure, he encounters various obstacles. With the help of his friends, Bilbo was able to overcome his challenges. Starting off with a call to adventure, Bilbo at first refuses the quest and denies to leaving his ordinary life as a Hobbit. A very important trait…

I can remember fondly staying up until the wee hours of the morning binge watching all the Lord of the Rings movies when I was nine. More recently I remember binge watching the entire Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies with my family and my best friend. That leads me into another unstated rule of the Ringer fandom, you cannot watch just one movie of the trilogy. You have to watch the whole trilogy or not watch them at all. I remember watching An Unexpected…

Tolkien. This book and the other books of the trilogy have become some of the most popular books ever, and have been made into movies. It is a continuation of the story from The Hobbit. One of the main themes of the story is an seemingly unimportant person being forced to be a hero. The books starts with Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, giving a magical ring to his younger cousin Frodo. A while later, a wizard named Gandalf comes to tell Frodo that the ring belongs to Sauron, a very evil and power…

similar. Two completely different heroes, Bilbo Baggins and Malala Yousafzai, have much in common and they have much different. The Hobbit, a novel written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, is about dwarves, elves, hobbits, and many more mythical beings in Middle Earth. In this novel the Call to Adventure comes to him when Gandalf the wizard comes to his little hobbit hole and tells him to come on his adventure. One event leads to the next and Bilbo ends up saving the dwarves on multiple occasions.…

themes, to explore in everyday literature. The Hobbit, written by J. R. R. Tolkien, is a story about a young male who goes through a life changing journey that reflects some of these archetypes. There are many types of archetypes in this story including a communion and a hero’s quest. The story shows young readers that you can have an adventure without needing fancy technology, but simply through using your imagination. The main character, a young hobbit, is named Bilbo Saggins. He lives on the…

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…

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…

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…

Bilbo Baggins Banned The all timed love of the classic "The Hobbit" has been put on the banned books list. Now having read the book I do not believe that it should have been placed on that kind of title. It is a wonderful book, with many exciting moments and suspense at its finest. However, there are some instances that I can see why it is banned. After doing some research, I came to a conclusion that it is banned for its religious purposes, smoking, and use of older languages.…

movie in my entire life. After witnessing the adventures of Frodo, Sam, Gandalf and the rest of the crew, my imagination was running wild, it was the only subject I could talk about for days to come. That was when Casey’s dad gave me a copy of The Hobbit. I distinctly remember him saying “I know you won’t be able to understand it right now, but you’ll love it when you get older.” He was absolutely right. I immediately ran home and made an attempt at reading it, but to no avail. I set it aside…