The first step in telling if “The Hobbit” t is a quest, is finding out if “The Hobbit” had a quester. A quester as explained by Thomas C. Foster is just a person who goes on a quest, whether he knows it or not.The quester in the hobbit is Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo was a well-respected hobbit who did not mind company as long as you were invited. He lived in a hole on the hill and was not known to do anything unexpected. Until the dwarfs show up.
The next two steps in telling if “The Hobbit” is a quest, was told if they had a place to go and stated reason to go there. The 13 dwarves visit Bilbo unexpectedly to see if he will travel with them to the Misty Mountain. The misty mountains are the original home of the dwarfs, they lived there until a dragon by the name of Smaug stole all their treasure. The stated reason to go on the quest is to retrieve the stolen treasure from Smaug, with the help of Thor's map, that not even the dragon knows about. However, they will face many challenges along the way.
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Thomas Foster states that a quest is always very educational for the quester, and they don't know enough about the only subject that really matters: themselves. As stated above “the real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.” The stated goal begins to fade away, as you go deeper and deeper into the novel “The Hobbit”, you begin to hear less and less about the original reason to go on the quest. This particular quest gave the main character Bilbo Baggins a life that he never had before, a life where he was more outgoing and did not stay closed off all the