Archetypes In 'The Hero's Journey'

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit that enjoys a peaceful lifestyle. Hobbits like to stay indoors and smoke their pipes and they do not like socialize. Hobbits do not like adventure or socializing with unfamiliar creatures. When he was asked to go on the adventure with the dwarves, Bilbo was taken out of his comfort zone and into the world of a hero. Bilbo goes from hobbit to a hero when he helps the dwarves get out of jail, put everyone in a barrel ,and fights spiders.

The plot of The Hobbit is centered on Bilbo Baggins, who lived a cozy life in his house-hole in Bag End, in a fantastical world of wizards, dragons, elves, dwarves, giant spiders and goblins. Bilbo is a hobbit, a race of small people half the height of regular people, with hairy feet and a drinking passion. Bilbo lives in Bag End, near Hobbiton, contently, until one fine evening his cozy life is obliterated by the coming of an elderly wizard named Gandalf. He, rather forcefully, persuades Bilbo to set forth on a journey with thirteen little dwarves. The dwarves are setting out on their journey to rid their mountain of a dragon named Smaug and Bilbo is to be

In the book the Hobbit Bilbo has exhibited many ways in the beginning how he was a hobbit such as, not wanting to go on the adventure with the dwarves and Gandalf or, the fact he did not want the dwarves in his home in the first place as a matter of fact he ask them to leave. So this shows how Bilbo was very hobbit like in the beginning, but how about closer to the middle of this very fascinating book. First of all, Bilbo escaped the goblin all by himself and with a little help from the ring. Bilbo also found his way back to Gandalf and the dwarves once he did escape the goblins. He also took on Gollum even though it could have cost him his life.

“Hobbits really are amazing creatures… You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch,” explained Gandalf (Tolkien 62). Bilbo likes the comfort of his home and his habits but also has a small wish in the back of his head to do something more with his life. He finds his opportunity when Gandalf and the Dwarves hire him as a Burglar in their Company. Along the Company’s journey, Bilbo makes discoveries about his strength he didn’t know he had. By the end of the story, Bilbo was put through many trials that would have changed a simple man, but his ethics emerged unscathed. Although Bilbo Baggins is only half the size of a human, the way Tolkien develops

In the beginning of each story, the hero lives a comfortable life in a world they consider ordinary or uneventful. This is referred to as the ordinary world. Often, the hero is either seen as odd to those around them or feels out of place in their world due to a specific characteristic within themselves. Bilbo Baggins is the hero, protagonist, and most prominent figure in The Hobbit. He is pronounced as a hobbit with a good nature and underlying charm, making him a personable character. Throughout the journey, he accomplishes noteworthy deeds, yet remains true to himself and does not let those accomplishments change his honorable character.

The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in a hole in a hill. He enjoys a quiet life but it is interrupted by a surprise visit by the wizard Gandalf. Gandalf comes with a company of dwarves led by Thorin. They were searching to recover a lost treasure that was being guarded by a dragon named Smaug, at the Lonely Mountain. Gandalf decided Bilbo would be helpful to the team as a burglar.

The most important character in the Hobbit is Bilbo Baggins. The hobbit who this whole story revolves around. Without Bilbo, this marvelous adventure never would have occurred. In the beginning of our story wizard Gandalf explains to the dwarves how they need Bilbo to succeed in this adventure they are about to embark on, “you asked me to find the fourteenth man for your expedition, and I choose Mr.Baggins. Just let anyone say I chose the wrong man or the wrong house, and you can stop at thirteen and have all the bad luck you like” (Tolkien pg.22). This means that if the dwarves do not want to have Bilbo alongside them on their journey, they do not have to, they will just suffer the consequences. Bilbo also made remarkable contributions to

is between the hobbits and the wizard Gandalf involving his impact on the hobbits’ way of life. In The Hobbit, Gandalf was called an entertainer and “bringer of joy” to the residents of the Shire. Throughout this novel, Gandalf showed a fondess for Bilbo and had faith in his ability to carry out his duty as the burgalar even when Bilbo was doubted by some of the Dwarves, namely Thorin. However, in The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf is labeled as a “disturber of the peace” and he became close to Bilbo’s nephew. Gandalf was the one who led Bilbo on a path of adventure, symbolizing the hobbits’ exposure to taking risks.

Mr. Bilbo Baggins, a remarkable hobbit with many tricks and talents to share. Although, the true success of the hobbit’s journey did not come buried deep in a hobbit hole, but rather knocking on the front door. The concept of success is not measured by who you are, but how you got there. In the book The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolken, a journey takes place leading fourteen travelers up the lonely mountain. Throughout the novel many challenges arise, but overall success is maintained due to one wizard, Gandalf.

Bilbo is a hobbit quite content staying where not much happens. His 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. “As the dwarves sang the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving

Bilbo Baggins, an ordinary hobbit from the shire, is nothing less than a hero. He is willing to help others no matter what and even follows Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey almost perfectly. He may have shown reluctance at first, but it is later in The Hobbit that his courage and heroism truly shines. He’s an unexpected hero on an unexpected journey, but that makes him no less of a hero.

Many tales begin with a character going on an quest by choice, but J.R.R Tolkien’s story The Hobbit is tale about a hobbit who does nothing but stay in a hole and live a quiet life until the wizard Gandalf whisks him onto a quest to find the lonely mountain and to find his true self. The Hobbit’s main theme is Bilbo’s development into a hero, While its thesis is that an individual with integrity can overcome an obstacle in is path with the help of friends, the story shows the development of a normal hobbit to something so different than before, a Hobbit who enjoys adventure which is highly looked down upon in their society.

The Hobbits present theme throughout the book is Bilbo's change into a hero and the bravery that he shows. At the beginning of the story, Bilbo is a quiet and shy Hobbit who lives comfortably inside of his little hobbit hole in Bag End. When Gandalf convinces Bilbo to join him and the dwarves on a quest to take gold from the Lonely Mountain, where Smaug the great and powerful dragon dwells; Bilbo starts his journey into becoming a brave burglar and soon into a hero. All throughout the story, Bilbo overcomes many obstacles in his path. From Wood Elves who will stop at nothing to kill Bilbo and his companions to a strange, riddling creature that lives in a cave; Bilbo has both overcame and outperformed everyone. Because of

Frodo Baggins a young hobbit is not your typical hero because he is small and just merely a hobbit. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future” (Tolkien). The great wizard Gandalf chooses Frodo to take the ring to Mount Doom to destroy it, and he is sent off with three other hobbits, Sam, Merry, and Pippin. On the journey, Frodo faces many obstacles of fighting off bad guys and fighting the power of good and evil with the ring. Through everything, Frodo knows that he must go on to save his people.

The main character of “The Hobbit” is Mr. Bilbo Baggins who is a Hobbit himself. A hobbit is a small person roughly half the size of humans with round bellies and hairy feet that have a love for good food, comfort and security. The opening scene of “The Hobbit” tells that a certain wizard (Gandalf) visits Bilbo and invites him to accompany him on an adventure. Bilbo, kindly refuses and instead invites Gandalf to tea so as not to seem impolite. After a bit of arguing, Bilbo closes the door in Gandalf’s face. The next evening Bilbo’s supper is disrupted by many dwarves (including Gandalf). They all assume Bilbo is accompanying them on their adventure to recover their stolen treasure from Smaug, the dragon. It is then that Bilbo realizes that Gandalf portrayed him as a burglar to the dwarves. Bilbo, in a fit of bravery, agrees but the next day his doubts return and he again declines the invitation. Gandalf, however, encourages him to reconsider, which he does, and off they go – a party of fifteen. Bilbo, will however think again of his hobbit-hole more often than not and regret going off with them. This party of fifteen include; Thorin, Balin, Dwalin, Oin, Gloin, Bombur, Bofur, Bifur, Dori, Ori, Nori, Fili, Kili, Gandalf and Bilbo. As the beginning of their journey lengthens, their food becomes scarce. Gandalf has disappeared at this time and when they see a light in the distance they send Bilbo to investigate who finds Trolls. In the confusion that followed, Bilbo escapes and the dwarves are captured. Gandalf, then happens to return at that moment and rescues the dwarves. They then find the trolls cave where they kept their supplies such as weapons and food, and take them. When that food is gone they make a pit-stop at The Last Homely House where they meet Elrond, who gives them advice on their journey, then continue on. When it starts raining and pouring the dwarves and Bilbo find a cave to rest for the night. Bilbo awakens just in time to see their horses disappear through a crack in the wall. He yells and alerts the goblins who come back and capture Bilbo and the dwarves. Bilbo’s yell however had alerted Gandalf much quicker than the other dwarves, so that he escaped. Gandalf then