Influence Of The Characters In 'The Hobbit'

There are many important characters in The Hobbit that are vital to the story and influence the outcome of the book in various ways. Two important characters in the story are Gandalf the Grey, a wandering wizard, and Beorn, a skin changer who can turn into a bear or a man.
Gandalf the Grey’s physical appearance is very unique compared to the dwarves and Bilbo. For one, he is about twice as tall as them. The rest of Gandalfs appearance is well summed up in this quotation,”All that unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which his long white beard hung down to his waist, and immense black boots.”
Gandalf the Grey is a very powerful, old wizard who
For one, if Gandalf had not found Thrain in Dol Guldur, then there would be no map and key, and hence, no knowledge of the back door. In other words, without Gandalf, this story wouldn’t have gone too well. Also, Gandalf gets the dwarves out of two considerably dangerous, sketchy situations in the book, the goblin tunnels, and the trolls, not to mention helping fend off the wargs. He helped them escape the trolls by mimicking them until the sun turned them to stone. Also, in the goblin tunnels he helped them by leading the way and freeing them from the great goblin’s halls. Lastly, he helped fend off the wargs from biting them in the trees by throwing flaming pinecones at them. Also, without Gandalf’s connections with people like Elrond and Beorn, the story would have gone quite differently. Lastly, Gandalf drove the Necromancer from Dol Guldur, which made him leave the dwarves for quite some time in Mirkwood. As a result of Gandalf leaving, Bilbo became more brave and a magnificent leader. In addition to having a tremendous effect on the storyline, Gandalf also has many strengths. One of his main strengths is his ability to cast various powerful spells, and also many useful everyday spells. A few examples of his more potent magic are making pinecones burst into a magical multicolored fire that maims and burns warg fur, zapping enemies with
One of his most notable strengths was a skin changer, which means he can transform from a man into a bear. Also, even in his man form, he is incredibly strong. In addition, he also has many HIGHLY intelligent animals under his service such as dogs that can stand on hind legs and horses who can understand him. In addition to his strengths, Beorn also has some weaknesses. One example of one of his weaknesses is his distaste towards people, which can make him quite mad and kick the visitors out of his house. Also, sometimes he summons all of his bear-friends for meetings, which can be quite perilous to guests who wander outside his house. Lastly, he is very protective of his animals, as shown when he follows Thorin and Co. to the edge of mirkwood to make sure his ponies are returned , which proves he is willing to punish people who take his animals. Overall, Beorn is a skin-changing animal-lover who is not quite fond of guests, and he hates goblins with a fiery