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How The Hobbit Changes Over The Course Of The Story
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Book title: The Hobbit
Book: The Hobbit author: J.R.R. Tolkien Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Copyright date: 1966 Number of pages: 304
I would classify this genre (type) of fiction as: adventure, realistic fiction, romance, mystery, detective, historical, science fiction, fantasy, drama, other: Adventure and Fantasy
The book is written in which point of view? Who tells the story? How does the storyteller influence the way the story is told? The book is written in third person view and the narrator is omniscient. The storyteller influences the way the story is told by expressing each character’s feelings in a situation.
What is the setting(s) of the story? Note both time and place. The setting of the story of the story takes place in the fictional land of Middle Earth towards the end of the Third Age.
Who is the protagonist? What force does this character struggle against in this text? The protagonist is Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit race. He struggles in combat and he has a hard time adjusting to his adventure,
Explain how this character grows and changes over the course of the story/play. Bilbo Baggins grows from being a cowardly
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When the dwarves get entangled by spiders in Chapter 8, Bilbo rescued the dwarves by equipping his ring that allows him to be invisible and lure the spiders out to cut the dwarves free. If Bilbo didn’t come up with his intelligent plan, the dwarves would of died resulting in a failure to kill Smaug. Other complications is that Bilbo and the dwarves have to travel through the Mirkwood forest to get to their desired destination, but this forest is dangerous and proves to be a challenge to the group. The group spots a light and hear singing, so Thorin, the leader, investigates it and gets knocked out with a stone. Then Bilbo also got knocked out with a stone and after he woke up, the whole group is entangled by a giant spider, which dies from Bilbo’s fast thinking and his dagger,

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