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    R. Tolkien does a magnificent job defining the characters and developing the plot‚ giving his style of writing a distinct feel. With its perilous journeys through Middle Earth‚ mysterious magic‚ mythical creatures‚ and intense battle scenes‚ this exciting adventure is sure to intrigue any reader. The main character of the story is Bilbo Baggins. He is a mythical creature called a hobbit that lives in a peaceful shire where excitement and adventure are only for the delusional. Tolkien does

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    In the book‚ The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien‚ Bilbo is a hobbit that is just trying to live his life in tranquility when a wizard named Gandalf comes around and shakes his whole world. Gandalf’s goal in coming to Bilbo’s house is to convince Bilbo to join the expedition. The expedition that he joins will span across the land. However‚ there is a slight notch in Gandalf’s plan. Hobbits hate expeditions. So naturally at first Bilbo refuses to come.Therefore Gandalf will keep trying and eventually Bilbo

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    Marcus A. Norman Prof. Gill GNHU 380 - J.R.R. Tolkien December 9‚ 2015 Of Mythological Influences and References to The Silmarillion Among other things‚ Tolkien was perhaps chiefly a scholar of mythology‚ and despite his dislike of allegory‚ his universe is shot through with mythological archetypes. Among Tolkien’s obvious mythological influences (Biblical‚ Celtic‚ Norse‚ and Arthurian mythologies‚ etc.)‚ I believe Biblical held the most significant effect on The Lord of the Rings‚ albeit Finnish/Nordic

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    fantasy to their work‚ a writer in particular who is fond of using fictional characters‚ is J.R.R Tolkien. J.R.R Tolkien wrote the fantasy novels‚ The Hobbit‚ The Lord of the Rings and much more‚ where he not only used fictional races‚ but he always gave each race their own characteristics and described how each race

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    willingly spend their whole lives helping people achieve their dreams. Heroes are the people who unselfishly help people live their lives in a peaceful manner. Many children wish they could become heroes‚ such as Bilbo Baggins. In The Hobbit‚ J.R.R Tolkien explores how Bilbo Baggins matures and ultimately becomes a hero. A hero‚ as stated before‚ selflessly thinks about others’ well beings before his or her own. Bilbo Baggins‚ the hobbit who was enlisted to help the dwarves retrieve Thorin’s family

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    Thesis - The Hobbit‚ By J.R.R. Tolkien and Ready Player One‚ By Ernest Cline may be different in the way the Author writes and the world they take place in‚ but their themes are very similar. The books The Hobbit and Ready Player One are very different. One takes place in a dystopian America and the other in a fantasy middle aged kingdom. But under the surface of the text‚ the books are much more similar than one might expect. The themes of each book are very similar along with the main Characters

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    regarding fantasy stories exists mainly on two levels. The first‚ a concern regarding the direct moral and spiritual implications of these stories‚ is perhaps the one predominantly focused upon today in our society. This is seen in the debate over J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in which the main character attends a school of witchcraft and wizardry and uses magic to defeat an evil villain. Understandably‚ Christian parents are concerned about their children reading these stories in which the

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    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 kill the dragon who

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    always fine success. Instead‚ the main character often finds difficulties‚ danger or even death. In relation to the effort of doing something to achieve the success‚ the researcher is interested to analyze a novel entitled The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien because of several reasons as follows: first‚ the novel talks about The Hobbit (Bilbo Baggins) as the main character who is a young hobbit that disturbed from his peaceful life by the arrival of the mysterious wizard Gandalf and a troop of thirteen

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    The hobbit is an adventurous mythical plot depicted from all these various events held on a wide false belief and ideas through out the whole novel different from a fairy or folk tale. In the novel THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien is based on a story of a hobbit caught in the adventure to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug. This story is a based on a mythical plot‚ where Bilbo Baggins-a hobbit was caught up in plot joining the dwarfs and Gandalf on their adventure to get the treasure that is protected

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