The Hobbit

The Importance of a Hero’s Skills in Their Journey The strength of the traditional Greek hero Heracles is widely known and distinct from the skills (riddle-solving, planning, and stealth) of Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist from The Hobbit, who was both a non-traditional and traditional hero. However, these abilities, though they differ, were all significant in overcoming the perils and hurdles that the heroes encountered during their journey. The skills of all types of heroes (traditional, non…

his life. He was a philologist; philology is the study of language (“J. R. R. Tolkien” 5). J. R. R. Tolkien had a very large love and interest in language. He created his own languages. Tolkien is most widely known from the best-selling novel, The Hobbit and it’s following trilogy The Lord of the Rings. J. R. R. Tolkien led a difficult but very successful life according to his childhood, career, family life, and famous literary works. Tolkien’s youth was unfortunately filled with tragedy. H e…

simpler period, yet, dangerous creatures exist like Orcs. There are races which fight and races which alliance. Elves can be immortal if they choose to be. Human’s are not. Each species’ age length differs. It adds a sense of daring adventure as a young Hobbit boy has to go and destroy this ring into a flaming lava pit. The main character’s grandfather starts to become corrupt and would even try to attack his grandson because of this powerful ring. It brings the readers and/or watchers to…

Bilbo Baggins is a comfort and peace-loving hobbit who rarely goes out of his comfort zone. When he was suddenly recruited as the burglar of the dwarves’ expedition to reclaim their treasure, he was greeted with prejudice from Gloin, an existing member. Bilbo reacts by defending his honor. From Gloin and Bilbo’s interaction, one can clearly see how determined and prideful Bilbo is. Upon meeting Bilbo, Gloin immediately deduced he was meek and cowardly. In paragraph 3, he says,” It is all very…

one day he saw a train car with a word in Welsh on it; immediately Tolkien knew he wanted to learn this language, and he eventually did. In fact, Welsh, and a little bit of Finnish, most greatly influenced “Elvish,” the language he created for The Hobbit and later The Lord of the Rings. Although Tolkien denies that THe Lord of the Rings is an allegory of WWI, there were many different things in it that were influential. Specifically noted by Tolkien of being influenced by WWI was “The Dead…

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit in the book The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. During his adventure, many events are life-changing and have a significant effect on Bilbo for the rest of his life. Three life-changing events for Bilbo Baggins are when he was told to steal the treasure, when he stole the ring, and when Bilbo saved Thorin from the orc. The first life-changing event is when Bilbo is told to steal the treasure from the dragon Smaug, who ruled the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo had lived a normal life…

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. When he was only 3 years of age his mother brought him and his younger brother, Hilary, to live in England, where she was originally from. Tolkien's father died soon after, whilst he was still in South Africa by himself, thus the family remained in England. During the summer of 1896 his mother found them a home in the hamlet of Sarehole, which is located just outside the city Birmingham (Curles). Tolkien and…

“I’m not a hero or a warrior, not even a burglar.”(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Although not written in the book, these words were spoken by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It is in this scene that Bilbo describes himself to Thorin as just an average creature, when in reality he is anything but that. Thorin, who up until this time doubted Bilbo, realizes that without him, he would not have survived the previous attack. Character developments and connections like these…

40 years after WWI started. Throughout the story the main theme is good versus evil, which is the main point of a war one side is made of wrong doers the other is made of heroes. The Fellowship of the Ring is full of many different characters from hobbits and wizards to men and elves. They all have different morals and values that help to create and progress the story. Each character has their own set of traits…

Bilbo Baggins the hobbit/burglar, and Gandalf the wizard. Thorin is not only the head dwarf, he is the main dwarf interested in searching for and retrieving the treasure. This is because the treasure had been taken from his family. He wants to reclaim is his race’s land and treasure. The treasure appears to consist of riches ranging from shiny pieces of gold to sparkling red rubies. The second element of Tyre’s article is “must go alone”. Comparing this to Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit this is more…