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Bilbo Baggins In The Hobbit
“The Hobbit” - Riddels in the Dark the setting + characteristics of Bilbo and Gollum
Bilbo Baggins is the main character in “The Hobbit”. The story is written in third person past tense from Bilbo’s point of view - this does that the reader gets an insight into Bilbo’s emotions and thoughts throughout the chapter.
Bilbo is, as the title suggest, a hobbit. A hobbit is a supernatural creature that only exists in fantasy books. Hobbits are not quite like ordinary people; they are a lot smaller and they usually live underground (p. 67). They have a good sense of direction, recover quickly from bruises and they are very quick.
At the beginning of this chapter, Bilbo has just lost his friends, the wizards and dwarves. In addition, he has

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