the top of a door or window. QUESTIONS 1. It is easier for the men of the lake-town to believe in Smaug rather then Thorin and company in the middle of the wild because Smaug is a real threat and is a real thing- he has terrorized the lake-town before and has flown all around. Thorin is much more mysterious and a newcomer to the land after his grandfather’s and father’s was taken by Smaug. 2.
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he is not looking for an adventure‚ but Gandalf must of mistook his answer for consent to going on an adventure because before Bilbo knows it he’s off with a group of 13 dwarves on a quest to regain the dwarf Thorin’s homeland from the evil dragon Smaug. I think the moment when Bilbo really begins his change of character is when they were all meeting before they went off on their quest and the dwarves thought he couldn’t hear them‚ and they started talking about how Bilbo seemed much to small‚ timid
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A major downfall of the movies compared to the book is the added characters and storylines. While some of the added storyline help to clarify parts about the battle of five armies‚ it also serves to muddle up parts of the movie and making them hard to follow‚ such as the story line about the Necromanser and all the death he is bringing back to reclaim the mountain. Another one of these completely unnecessary use of additional characters and storylines is the love story between Kili and Tauriel. Even
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Bilbo Baggins‚ a True Hero “I wish I could be a hero!” Many adults in today’s society hear small children wishing they could become heroes. Children wish to be more like heroes for the reason that heroes are the type of people who risk their lives to help others. Throughout history‚ children have had a positive connotation with the word “hero.” The heroes many small children talk about are the fictional ones who protect cities from villains: Superman‚ Batman‚ Spiderman‚ and others. However‚ these
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comfort is shattered by the arrival of the old wizard Gandalf‚ who persuades Bilbo to set out on an adventure with a group of thirteen militant dwarves. The dwarves are embarking on a great quest to reclaim their treasure from the marauding dragon Smaug‚ and Bilbo is to act as their “burglar.” The dwarves are very skeptical about Gandalf’s choice for a burglar‚ and Bilbo is terrified to leave his comfortable life to seek adventure. But Gandalf assures both Bilbo and the dwarves that there is more
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Unexpected Journey” The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is a fantasy film in 2012‚ directed by Peter Jackson. This is the first of three films movie adaptation of the 1937 novel titled The Hobbit works of J. R. R. Tolkien‚ followed by The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again‚ a soon to be released in 2013 and 2014. Set in sixty years before The Lord of the Rings‚ this film tells the story of hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman)‚ who assigned wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen
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through hell and so they are trying to get back onto their feet from the fall of their kingdom. The main reason though on why I like the dwarfs the most is because the elfs abandoned them and they still didn’t give up. And the orcs attacked them after smaug and they didn’t give
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gold‚ but Thorin is a different case. Thorin‚ who started greedy just like any other dwarf‚ had fallen to the dragon-sickness which made him even more greedy once he obtained some gold from Erebor. This gold originally belonged to the dwarves‚ but Smaug the dragon had stolen it‚ so they went and took it back. This newly found greed was no good for the group as it caused trouble. The first time Thorin’s greed caused trouble was when he was captured by the Elves. He decided it was better that they don’t
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hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins who is visited by a band of dwarves lead by the great Thorin Oakenshield and a grand wizard called Gandalf who are looking for someone to share an adventure with and reclaim the dwarven kingdom from the mighty dragon Smaug. At the beginning of the adventure‚ out of the party Bilbo is least fit for the job that the dwarves have asked him to do‚ is that of a burglar. On paper Bilbo should be the right one for the job as hobbits have the ability to tread lightly and fit
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Nobility‚ bravery‚ loyalty. These characteristics describe a true epic hero who people admire for their great achievements. In The Hobbit‚ J.R.R. Tolkien illustrates Bilbo’s ‘journey’ of becoming an epic hero. Bilbo Baggins‚ a hobbit who loves the comfort of home‚ as well as food even more. As a Baggins‚ Bilbo does not go on adventures until Gandalf‚ a wizard‚ claims Bilbo the burglar of the dwarves adventure to the Lonely Mountain. Many readers like to believe that Bilbo Baggins becomes an anti-hero
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