The Hobbit

Decision Behind Choosing “The Hobbit” Singing dwarves, a “big” hearted hobbit, and a sage wizard, all together on an epic journey to slay a dragon. What more could a reader want? Not only does “The Hobbit” hold these aspects listed above yet also much more in terms of literary elements as well as personally in my life. These aspects being Tolkien’s epic fantasy world and the realm's inhabitants, the character archetypes and development each one faces, as well as the author’s tone and mood…

J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien was a Writer, a very famous one. Wrote numerous books of Different Genres. He liked Fantasy The most. He lived 81 years 1892-1973. You may know because he wrote the book, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Childhood Born on January 3 in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He Believed his last names Origin was german along with his family. His mother Mabel Suffield, and his dad Arthur Reuel Tolkien Married in 1880 in. On the 15th of February 1886 when Tolkien…

In the novel, The Hobbit, Mr. Tolkien expresses his personality through the characters. He has his good characters possessing positive character traits, while on the other hand his more evil characters possesses a negative light about them. Tolkien also shows that there is different strengths to use during a situation. Throughout chapter two Mr. Tolkien uses Bilbo Baggins to display what traits that he considers positive. I believe that J.R.R Tolkien thinks that hard work is very important,…

Hobbits. They are interestingly boring little creatures who are known for living peaceful uneventful lives; however, one fateful day one little hobbit defied the odds. In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, no matter how small a person may be, they can accomplish anything they put their mind to. Bilbo Baggins accomplished this by slaying terrifying spiders, outwitting the sneaky Gollum and escaping the wise wood elves. All of this to defeat the dragon Smaug and recover the things that once belonged…

In the excerpt from The Hobbit, a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, he provides an array of rhetorical devices to allow the reader to further visualize the interaction between Bilbo and Smaug. Bilbo, known as The Hobbit, is presented to be inside of Smaug’s tunnel, seeking revenge due to the number of deaths the dragon has caused. As he walked in, a metaphor is placed, to show how Bilbo thought Smaug was asleep because there was “scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam” coming from Smaug. As…

Bildungsroman, Hobbit Style Growing up is hard, especially the transition from acting like a naïve kid to a mature adult, and the realization of not relying on others for help but your own. Bildungsroman, it means a coming of age story. Usually a coming of age story involves a young person or kid growing up and learning about life. The Hobbit, written by J.R.R Tolkien about hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who goes on a quest with his friends. Bilbo is viewed a respectable hobbit because of his last…

Can the medieval and the contemporary ever be compared? Although they were written many years apart, the great classics Beowulf and The Hobbit share several similar elements. J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel, The Hobbit, was published in 1937. In contrast, Beowulf’s author is unknown, and the earliest manuscript dates back to about 1000 A.D. Written in distinct styles, the narratives differ since one is an epic poem and the other is a novel. Despite the age difference, parallels abound between the two…

The Hobbit is a fantasy novel that takes a place in a mythical realm called Middle Earth. The story surrounds a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. In the story Bilbo sees change in his everyday life. He goes from a “do nothing everyday” type hobbit to an adventure Hobbit like his mother’s side of the family, the Tooks. Throughout the story Bilbo goes through major character changes as he gets deeper into the adventure he was dragged in. His maturity is easily noticeable after he goes through these…

because he does not stay in hobbit hole and do nothing. He becomes less sedentary and more adventurous when the dwarves and Gandalf convince him with the song to go on the adventure, he becomes more brave when he steals the ring from Gollum and he becomes more responsible when dealing with the spiders after Gandalf leaves. The song they sing makes him more adventurous because he goes on the adventure and he is excited, when before he was scared. “As they sang the hobbit felt the love of…

The Hobbit was an epic fantasy written by the J.R.R. Tolkien. It demonstrates the brotherhood between thirteen dwarves and a Hobbit. Within the story, the characters go on a quest to reconquer their land back from an evil dragon named Smaug. In the beginning of the story, a great wizard named Gandalf knocks on Bilbo’s door with a band of homeless dwarves. In the text it states, “It is a plan of the mountain ( … ) I know where Mirkwood is and the withered heath where the great dragons bred.”…