The Hobbit

Obsession Leads to Destruction The myth of Pandora’s Box and Tolkien’s Gollum showcase how temptation over an object can lead to something tragic. Obsession leads to tragedy whether it is an individual or societal matter; the mythological Pandora obsesses over her box, while Tolkien’s Gollum obsesses over his “precious”, yet both attachments bring irreversible misfortune. The mythological Pandora and Tolkien’s Gollum obsessions led to catastrophe. Their temptation for their…

Anarely Gamino 3rd hour Mr. Winship Challenge social studies Thesis paper Have you ever watched a harry potter, or paranormal activity movie. Did you enjoy it or get scared. People throughout the ages have seen and respond to the supernatural differently. If you look throughout the years you will see 1890s classic monster movies, 1680 witch trails, and now. Well you will see a different respond to witches in the 1680s than someone today were accused of being a witch. The Salem Witch trials…

The great Ardipithecus radius (Ardi) was alive on earth around 4.4 million years go. Ardi lived in Eastern Africa where they lived in Eastern Africa and lived in the forest. Also Ardi were known as strict “omnivores”. Lastly, the brain of Ardi’s was about 300 to 1500 cubic centimeters and walked up right like humans (bipedal). Autralopithecus Afarensis (Lucy) was alive on earth around 3.2 million years ago. Lucy lived in Africa where they lived in wet and dry environment typically wooden areas…

Food is an energizer, food is culture, food is sharing and it can be an expression of love. Literature uses food in many different ways because it is something that any reader can connect with immediately. Everyone knows different cultures have different foods, so authors can put their heroes in situations where they eat odd foods to express a drastic cultural change. Authors can build trust between their hero and other characters by having them share food, just as they can easily build tension…

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is about a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins that must destroy the One Ring by throwing it into the fiery pit of Mount Doom in order to stop the Dark Lord Sauron from shrouding the world in darkness. The Hero’s Journey is an archetype that is used commonly in movies, books, and television shows in order to show the development of the main hero. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring follows Frodo Baggins as he develops as a character…

the Rings has characters that possess honorable traits. If I could nominate anyone--real or made-up--to be my role model, I would choose Frodo Baggins. Frodo is the main character in Lord of the Rings; he’s a creature that is similar to a human: a hobbit (a short humanlike creature with extremely large and hairy feet.) The first reason I would choose Frodo to be my mentor is be because he is lighthearted and optimistic; in other words, Frodo Baggins is extremely kind. He sees beyond Gollum 's…

No matter what happens, they trust each other with everything that they have. For example, in the story the two hobbits come upon Gollum—a creature that they tame and force to be their guide to Mordor. Gollum could never be trusted because he was a past owner of the ring and wanted it back, but that was the only way they could get to Mordor. Gollum tries various ways…

that will order his soldiers to commit atrocities in his name , and just leader who wants to spread mercy and justice throughout his kingdom of England. Similarly Smeagol, the former alias of Gollum, is torn between his past identity as a carefree hobbit and his rabid Gollum persona that is willing to do anything to get what he wants. While different in species and story, both characters show how power can turn one into a creature that…

R Tolkien's book The Hobbit. In this novel Bilbo faces many challenges and by the end of the book he is no longer the worrywort that he was at the beginning. One of the challenges he has to face is no longer having his comforts of home and living on hard provisions. Also he he is useful because he remembers more than one important thing that helps the dwarves. First of all Bilbo had to think about whether or not he should go on this adventure. He does this because hobbits hate any kind of…

of the goblin-infested Misty Mountains they thought that they would never see him again. However, that assumption was quite wrong seeing as Bilbo made it out of the Misty Mountains alive and healthy. By doing so, Bilbo proved that he was no useless hobbit anymore. He also earned great respect from his companions, “The dwarves looked at him with quite a new respect, when he talked about dodging guards, jumping over Gollum, and squeezing through” (Tolken 104). Before this incident the dwarves had…