The Hobbit Chapter Guides Chapter One: "An Unexpected Party" Summary We are introduced to hobbits and to Bilbo Baggins‚ a stay-at-home‚ utterly respectable hobbit with a secret desire for adventure. Bilbo receives a visit from Gandalf the wizard. The next Wednesday Gandalf returns for tea‚ bringing with him a party of thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield. Despite misgivings on both sides‚ on Gandalf’s recommendation the dwarves hire Bilbo as Burglar on an expedition to the Lonely Mountain‚
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In this assignment‚ we had to read “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien and “How to Read Literature like a Professor” by Thomas C. Foster. Once both books were read‚ we had to take at least one archetype and compare it to the events in the book. “The Hobbit” tells of lonely Bilbo Baggins that enjoys his peaceful life. He is convinced to go on an adventure with the wizard Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves to steal back the dwarves’ treasure from Smaug the dragon. Throughout the story‚ the group goes through
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In the Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien uses stereotypes as a way to portray the different races in his book. He starts the story off with the line “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”(page 1)‚ Hobbits are presented by Tolkien as small creatures who are similar to humans but roughly half their size of a regular human. This quote states that hobbits all live in a fancy hole in the ground and thats stereotyping hobbits. The hobbits are also stereotyped to have two diners‚ love good food‚ have hair
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The hobbit Chapter 1 Pre-reading: The map: Weird signs/symbols - runes Unclear landscape symbols - mountain/landscape. Lack of details. Arrows around the map Magic creatures Visualization of the story -> how far‚ landscape‚ important stuff Simplicity: Runes -> message. Authencity -> real Follows the story - Sets up the reader Sets up the quest - gives the idea of the quest. While reading: Including the reader. Setting up the whole hobbit thing. Draws you into the world. The
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In The Hobbit‚ Bilbo helped his friends out of multiple sticky situations. His self-interest could’ve gotten the better of him at any time; he truly earned his status as a hero. When the dwarves and Bilbo were creeping through Mirkwood‚ they strayed off the path against warnings from Gandalf and Beorn. They were separated from each other‚ and Bilbo despaired over the fate of his friends. He dozed off‚ and when he came to his senses‚ he was nearly smothered in spider silk. He eventually killed the
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Everyone has had to step out of their comfort zone sometime in their lives. It could possibly be another side to them‚ or they were simply forced to because they have terrible friends‚ if these people were friends at all. In The Hobbit the character Bilbo Baggins has left his wonderfully boring side and took on a much more lively and adventurous Tookish side in several situations. Bilbo’s Tookish side has been shown when the dwarves first made an appearance at his home‚ when he goes after the dwarves
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‘The Hobbit’ Essay By Abhi Menon Essay Question: Write an essay in which you show how‚ through the use of evidence from the novel‚ a major character is used to bring across a theme and shape your response to it. By definition‚ a hero is a person of great strength‚ valor and swordsmanship who fights evil even in the face of insurmountable odds to defend the lives of the innocent‚ and those who cannot protect themselves. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy tale ‘The Hobbit’‚ highlights the heroic
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Hero’s appear in many shapes and sizes. All hero’s also come from different ethnicities. A hero has unique qualities‚ and illustrious ones. He/she is going to be the definition of a hero. Bilbo Baggins‚ a hobbit in gth book by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit‚ is a quintessential example of a hero. There is more than just one definition of a hero. There is many different qualities for a person of these definitions. Bilbo Baggins meets all of the criterias. In this piece of literature‚ Bilbo Baggins is
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“With a Shriek that deafened men‚ felled trees and split stone‚ Smaug shot spouting into the air‚ turned and crashed down on high ruin”(Tolkien 224).This is the last we hear of Smaug‚ before his death in The Hobbit. Smaug is the last major problem between the company and the treasure‚ and needs to be stopped in order for the treasure to go back to Thorin’s family. Bard a member of Laketown‚ takes the challenge trying to protect his town‚ and not caring or knowing what this could do for someone else
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In the book The Hobbit ‚by J.R.R. Tolkien is about different creatures that go on an adventures. The creatures are many things like hobbits‚ dwarves‚ and a wizard. These fantasy characters have many things positive about them and negative about them because that is what the author wanted.The characters also very intelligent. First of all‚ these fantasy creatures have many positive things like Bilbo is a adventures hobbit because of his mother side of the family that is the tookish the reason why
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