Personal Reading Response The novel “The Hobbit‚” written by J.R.R Tolkien is about Bilbo Baggins‚ a normal Hobbit‚ who had never asked for an adventure until 13 dwarves and Gandalf The Wizard show up at his doorstep for tea. They want to use Bilbo as a thief for their quest to reclaim the treasure from the fearsome dragon‚ Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company of the dwarves as they set off on their journey to cross the Misty Mountains‚ which is troll and golbin country and the untamed wild
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reconciliation within ourselves. 2. Using the pattern of the mythic hero’s journey‚ trace the character development of Bilbo Baggins. In Bilbo’s growth as a character‚ we can identify: (1) a call to adventure (e.g.‚ Bilbo receives the unexpected visit from Gandalf and the dwarves and is summoned to serve as burglar for the quest to the Lonely Mountain); (2) a separation from the known world (e.g.‚ Bilbo leaves the Shire); (3) initiation into a new world (e.g.‚ the visit to Rivendell); (4) threats to the successful
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolken Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit‚ one of a race of short‚ timid creatures who live in cozy tunnels and who prefer to keep their lives ordered and predictable. One day‚ he unexpectedly finds himself playing host to Gandalf the wizard and thirteen dwarves. The dwarves‚ with Gandalf’s help‚ plan to travel to the Lonely Mountain to recover the treasure that a dragon named Smaug stole from their people long ago. Gandalf has selected Bilbo to be their burglar. The dwarves are not
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you a world where an “everyman” named Bilbo Baggins goes on an adventure with thirteen dwarves and a wizard named Gandalf to retake the Lonely Mountain from the greedy dragon Smaug. Many forms of literary elements appear in this book such as conflict‚ character archetypes‚ artifacts of attraction‚ and deus ex machina.. These elements work together to create a detailed fantasy world which many people enjoy. The main theme of this book is an “everyman” (Bilbo) can develop into a hero when he is thrust
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In classical children’s novel‚ the main characters are usually unimposing individuals who are easily overlooked‚ but manage to have great and successful journeys. Such is the case in Bilbo Baggins from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Mr. Baggins is a simple hobbit that is swept away into a dangerous but exciting journey. In the trip‚ he becomes a heroic symbol of the common man or child making a name for himself. In the children’s classic‚ The Hobbit‚ Tolkien uses an unusual point of view‚ fantasy world
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Bilbo Baggins is given the responsibility of saving the dwarves from being eaten by Smaug‚ the dragon‚ just like when he saved the dwarves from multiple terrible situations such as saving them from the trolls. The title of this book is The Hobbit written by J.R.R. Tolkien and the director of the movie “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” is Peter Jackson. The book and movie are about a hobbit named Bilbo who is called to go on an adventure. In this adventure Bilbo‚ 13 dwarves‚ and a wizard will go
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At the beginning of the story‚ Bilbo is timid‚ comfortable‚ and complacent in his secure little hole at Bag End. When Gandalf talks him into embarking on the quest with Thorin’s dwarves‚ Bilbo becomes so frightened that he faints. But as the novel progresses‚ Bilbo prevails in the face of danger and adversity‚ justifying Gandalf’s early claim that there is more to the little hobbit than meets the eye. Bilbo possesses hidden reserves of inner strength that even Bilbo himself cannot perceive when he
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fearlessly led the charge against Grendel’s mother. Beowulf is the praised and long-sought after Anglo-Saxon. In contrast‚ little Bilbo Baggins doesn’t conjure similar images. Bilbo is introduced as the least-likely hero of this story; Tolkein says “they [the Baggins] never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say
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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 a rollercoaster journey and even experience death in the time throughout the adventure. The first archetype I noticed in the story was Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) Bilbo is the quester and he is not aware of
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respectful people since they don’t go on adventure as much and they don’t doing anything unexpected. The hobbits’ neighborhood is tended to be quiet usually since not much happens around that area. In the story‚ the hobbit‚ Bilbo Baggins‚ denied of going on an adventure with Gandalf. Bilbo said‚ “We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures” (pg 6‚ Tolkien). Hobbits are usually not into going on adventure‚ which is different from
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