Thorin Oakenshield

Chapter 1 opens as the wizard Gandalf visits the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and invites him to join in an adventure. Bilbo declines, reluctant to leave the safety and comfort of his hobbit-hole. The next day, he is visited by dwarves who believe Bilbo can be of use to them in their journey to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim their ancestral treasure, now in the possession of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo realizes that Gandalf had represented him to the dwarves as a burglar. He reluctantly agrees to go, but he…

A few years after his journey, and the death of Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo was sitting comfortably in his hobbit hole, reading a novel, when he heard knocking on his door. He assumed it to be the Sackville-Baggins. But his guess was incorrect as it was a much taller, but skinnier dwarf that he had never seen before. His name was Fendrel, shield of Dain. He was a personal bodyguard of dain. “Greetings Bilbo Baggins, I am Fendrel Shield of Dain” “Come sit down and have some tea-” Bilbo replied, but…

Good evening Diary, As I am writing to you, everyone is circling around the hobbit. They are all extremely curious about his ability to turn invisible. “They had to have the whole vanishing business carefully explained, and the finding of the ring interested them so much that for a while they forgot their own troubles. Balin in particular insisted on having the Gollum story, riddles and all, told all over again, with the ring in its proper place.” We are all grateful to him for…

R Tolkien. Both the movie and the book have a genre of Fantasy. Clearly I think that if you like fantasies you should either watch the movie or read the book. The movie took place in the woods. The main Characters were Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Thorin, and Kili. The movie is about a person named Bilbo baggins who was living a simple life with all of his fellow hobbits in a place called the shire. Bilbo Baggins had a simple life until a wizard named Gandalf shows up and convinces him to go on…

those who threaten their hoard.” (Rateliff 280) Thorin describes Smaug’s relationship with gold as simply “they’ll never enjoy a brass ring as long as they live” (Tolkien 23), and suggests that “[dragons] don’t know a good bit of work from a bad one” (Tolkien 23), but the power that Smaug felt while maintaining the treasure was enough to drive him into selfishness and madness. The dragon made many enemies due to his greed, including characters like Thorin and Bilbo, for the sickness led to his…

took all light that fell upon it and changed it into ten thousand sparks of white radiance shot with glints of the rainbow" (Tolkien, 274-75). The Arkenstone is also a symbol of greed and materialism. To Thorin Oakenshield, the jewel," is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to [Thorin] it is beyond price"(Tolkien ,309). Tolkien's use of foreshadowing frequents throughout his works. In The Hobbit, during Bilbo's discovery of the One Ring, Tolkien wrote, “It was a turning point in his…

There are numerous amounts of qualities describing the 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…

goblins are going to attack any time. They needed to unite, because they had a war fighting for the treasure. Then they all united and defeated the goblins and wargs. One of the effects of the war was the death of the best king of the dwarves Thorin Oakenshield. I felt the sorrow, but I had to move on. Mr. Bilbo and I had to say our farewells. On the way home we go to see Beorn and Elrond and I tell them about the journey. We also went to see the troll’s treasure that we hid at first. I also…

that had a heart for adventure. Starting with the “well preserved” Bilbo Baggins, his adventure began when he was fifty years of age, Gandalf the Grey took him to the Misty mountains as a hired burglar to assist the king under the mountain, Thorin Oakenshield. During his journey with the dwarves, Bilbo came across a ring, which happened to be the One Ring to rule them all. His finding of the ring is what caused his nephew to experience his own journey, but one that is far more dangerous…