Victor Quijano Elizabeth DiGennaro English IV Monday‚ April 23‚ 2012 The Truth about The Hobbit The world we live in is full of heroes that are different shapes and sizes that people don’t remember who they are a month after they do something. The story The Hobbit may make you think of a half sized person as an no everyday hero‚ but his actions will touch your heart and make you think that it’s really possible to change the world around you no matter what size you are. The half sized person in
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The Hobbit – Chapter 13: Not at home Situation of the excerpt After Bilbo’s discovered Smaug’s weak spot and the group is trapped inside the secret passage in the mountain. Before Smaug attacks lake town and before his death. What happens in this excerpt: The dwarves and Bilbo wait in silence after Smaug’s attack. They are trapped inside the mountain and there is no way out. The door they came in from can’t be used. The dwarves despair‚ but Bilbo proposes that they all go down the tunnel
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a journey to reclaim the lost kingdom of Erebor. The kingdom was taken over by the evil and greedy dragon Smaug. Smaug had been in the kingdom for many years hoarding all the gold‚ but that changed when Thorin and his dwarves came to Erebor. Thorin was one of the last descendants of Durin. Thorin’s Grandfather had once ruled Erebor before Smaug took over Erebor. Once Thorin had driven Smaug out of Erebor he was overcome with power and greed. Although Thorin thought he had good intentions gold and
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dwarves visit Bilbo unexpectedly to see if he will travel with them to the Misty Mountain. The misty mountains are the original home of the dwarfs‚ they lived there until a dragon by the name of Smaug stole all their treasure. The stated reason to go on the quest is to retrieve the stolen treasure from Smaug‚ with the help of Thor’s map‚ that not even the dragon knows about. However‚ they will face many challenges along the way. The next step to telling if “The Hobbit” follows Thomas C. Foster’s five
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Conflict Essay In The Hobbit the conflict is Good vs. Evil. The Characters are constantly battling evil. The conflict is highlighted in the episodes where Gandalf‚ the dwarves‚ and Bilbo fight against the many terrors of Middle Earth. Through fights with goblins‚ trolls‚ wargs and the Battle of Five Armies‚ it is seen that good always prevails over evil. The first encounter is with trolls. The first evil that Bilbo and the dwarves come across is the trolls. Tolkien sets the reader up by saying
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on their way to retrieving treasure that had long been taken away from them. The hobbit traveled all over Middle-Earth‚ beginning with Bilbo’s tiny hobbit-hole in the ground‚ to Mirkwood forest‚ to finally reaching the Mountain in which the dragon Smaug lives. Tolkien uses a large amount of imagery in his writing which can been seen through settings in The Hobbit. The imagery is usually either dark or light‚ depending on Bilbo’s mood and contrast of his surroundings. J.R.R Tolkien uses dark and
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anew; this was the rebirth of the ancient dragon. Many say that Smaug was the last of the ancient dragons. Dragons throughout time have been seen as the greatest foe a hero could face. Then‚ during the 1800’s dragons lost their power and turned into something like the 1999 show “Dragon Tales.” They were small‚ kind creatures that would rather have tea with you then burn you to a crisp. From the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Hobbit” Smaug‚
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there’s thirteen in all. Bilbo isn’t quite sure of what to make of this‚ but Gandalf shows up and soon it becomes apparent to Bilbo that he has been chosen by Gandalf to be the thief in an adventure to retrieve some stolen dwarf gold from a dragon named Smaug. He’s kind of a whiny baby to start out with (He forgot a handkerchief and was freaking out) But he decided to prove him self very early in the story‚ he tried to pick pocket from a Troll. He failed but you get a glimpse of the hero he is to become
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preform surprising feats. Some of his acts of heroism are when Bilbo make his first attempt at burglary when he steals from the trolls‚ when he creates a plan to free his friends from the ElvenKing and follows it through and when he goes down to visit Smaug for the first time to fulfill a promise. The first act of Bilbo’s heroism is when he makes his first attempt at burglary when he steals from the trolls. Even before Bilbo steals from the trolls he is told by the dwarfs “Now it’s the burglar’s turn
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who convinces Bilbo into joining him in a journey as a burglar‚ which makes his neighbors lose all his respect from him‚ but Bilbo didn’t really care. Bilbo is taken on a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the frightening dragon smaug. On this journey Bilbo is accompanied by the wizard Gandalf who invited him to the quest‚ twelve dwarfs‚ and a legendry warrior named Thorin oakenshield. Throughout the journey Bilbo and his friends
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