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    all come across them. In the book‚ The Hobbit‚ Bilbo and the dwarves get blown away by a new place Rivendell and they have different reactions about it‚ they meet a new character Elrond and feels great about their adventure‚ tells them how he feels about their love of gold and the wickedness of the dragons‚ and the elves tell them what values are important to them. Bilbo and the dwarves react to Rivendell in different ways. For instance‚ in the book ‚The Hobbit‚ it states that Bilbo at first is very

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    staff made contact with the circular door‚ erasing the secret mark that I had made present just the morning before. Bifur‚ Bofur‚ Bombur and Thorin tumbled in onto the mat like clumsy deer born for the first time‚ landing at the feet of the enflamed hobbit that now stood before us. Bilbo Baggins‚ great-grandson of Old Took looked more confused and stricken than a wet cat and apologies immediately started flowing out of his mouth like the current of the Forest River. A hearty laugh bellowed out as I

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    The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien is said to be one of the greatest children’s novels of all time. The novel‚ due to its use of such characters as goblins‚ elves‚ trolls‚ giants‚ and others is in tradition‚ a fairy tale. The tale centers on a small hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins. It follows the journey of a band of dwarves‚ a wizard named Gandalf‚ and their robber‚ Bilbo on their way to retrieving treasure that had long been taken away from them. The hobbit traveled all over Middle-Earth‚ beginning

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    Summary: Chapter 11 At the beginning of chapter 11 of the novel “The Hobbit“ when the group reaches the foot of the mountain they decide to search out the secret door described on their map. After hours of searching‚ Bilbo finally locates a narrow passage along a cliff that leads to a patch on the mountain’s side. Though the patch must be the door‚ the dwarves cannot find a way to open it. One evening the hobbit suddenly the riddle on the map. He quickly gathers the other dwarves by the door‚

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    chance and become a true hero to himself and his companions. Thorin uses his talent of dressing words up to suggest to Bilbo that he should go into the secret passage first‚ and at the same time shirking the riskiest activities‚ forcing the small hobbit to face them instead. Thorin is too arrogant to admit that he is afraid to be harmed by anything in the secret passage‚ as

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    In the book The Hobbit By:JRR Tolkien the are many different characters including trolls and even dwarfs. At this point in the story The Hobbit many things have taken place. The character traits that tolkien considers positive also‚ The character traits that are viewed with a negative light‚and also the most important thing in the story at this point having intelligence. Some of the characters traits that tolkien might consider positive are bilbo’s tookish attitude toward going on the adventure

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    In J.R.R Tolkien’s book‚ the Hobbit‚ Bilbo Baggins goes on a long treacherous journey to retrieve the dwarves treasure from the dragon‚ Smaug. Bilbo is terrified to go on this adventure but is soon persuaded to go. This story is an epic that states all of the steps of a “hero’s journey”. With this being said‚ the three steps of a “hero’s journey” are the departure‚ initiation‚ and the return. Through Bilbo’s misadventures‚ he goes through all of these steps. Bilbo and all of his companions learn

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    Nicholas Gangone Ms. Sottas Double Entry Journal Prompts March 20‚ 2013 “But men remembered little of all that‚ though some still sang old songs of the dwarf-kings of the Mountain‚ Thror and Dragon‚ and the fall of the lords of Dale.” (Tolkien 176) “I hope I never smell the smell of apples again.” (Tolkien 179) “But the Master was not sorry at all to let them go. They were expensive to keep‚ and their arrival had turned things into a long holiday in which business was a standstill.” (Tolkien

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    Baggins had an adventure‚ and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected. He may have lost the neighbours’ respect‚ but he gained -- well‚ you will see whether he gained anything in the end” (Tolkien 2). The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien presents an unlikely hero‚ a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. Gandalf‚ a wizard and old family friend‚ forces Bilbo out of his comfort zone onto a journey to recover the dwarves home and gold from the evil dragon‚ Smaug. Bilbo fulfills the archetypal hero’s journey

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    The Hobbit Essay Many science fiction fantasy novels have a hero or heroine. In J.R.R Tolkien’s novel the hobbit Bilbo Baggins is a hero‚ Even though he finds a ring of invisibility that allows him to preform surprising feats. Some of his acts of heroism are when Bilbo make his first attempt at burglary when he steals from the trolls‚ when he creates a plan to free his friends from the ElvenKing and follows it through and when he goes down to visit Smaug for the first time to fulfill a promise.

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