Bilbo's Character Traits In The Hobbit

J.R.R Tolkien views Bilbo’s Tookish side as positive towards the adventure. In The Hobbit, Bilbo is forced to go on an adventure where fighting will be needed. Bilbo is accompanied by the dwarves who believe that he is not fit

“Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay.” Gandalf claims in the quote above from The Hobbit that great power isn’t always necessary to accomplish great feats. If ordinary people can work as a team, the outcome can defeat an individual with great power. Bilbo and the dwarves assisted each other, and got help from other sources in order to accomplish their goal and grow as characters. This teamwork and growth is shown throughout the scenes of Rivendell, Mirkwood, and with Smaug.

When most people think of J.R.R. Tolkien, they often think of his great imagination and his world of great dragons, warriors, orcs, hobbits, wizards, dwarves and elves. But most people forget about the deeper meaning behind his stories and his controversy towards society. Tolkien was a British, fantasy, writer during the mid-1900s. Through his love of languages, religion, and country, J.R.R Tolkien’s works of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are controversial but masterpieces because Tolkien represents “good” as a fuller, more imaginative reality than evil.

They held a great deal of admiration for their friend who proved his worthiness through his burglaring success. After the final battle, Bilbo talks to Thorin right before the he dies, “‘There is more in you than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in the measure’” (Tolkien 290). The dwarf king realized his original opinion of Bilbo was wrong. Thorin found that Bilbo was brave and honorable, not weak and incapable. The rest of the dwarves developed the same opinion as Thorin, “Then the dwarves bowed low before their Gate, but words stuck in their throats. ‘Good-bye and good luck, wherever you fare!’” (Tolkien 294). Originally, the dwarves were almost unwilling to take the little hobbit along on the journey, but by the end, they were struggling to say goodbye to their friend. Bilbo became more than just a burglar to the dwarves, he became a respected

One character in “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien that faced significant struggles is Bilbo. A trial that he overcame was the expectations that the other hobbits had of him. The other hobbits’ viewpoints were that hobbits should not be adventurous and that they should be very dignified. As soon as he leaves for his adventure, the other hobbits no longer view him as respectable. Near the beginning, and even towards the middle, Bilbo finds himself agreeing with them, thinking that he should never have left his hobbit-hole. By the end of the novel, though, he finds that he no longer cares what the other hobbits think of him and has overcome that obstacle. At the end of the novel, it says that “he was in fact held by all the hobbits of the neighbourhood to be ‘queer’ … I am sorry to say he did not mind. He was quite content” (Tolkien 275). This conflict can be considered man v. society. This can be connected to one of the many overall themes of the book, the social limits set on

Tolkien builds the characters through indirect characterization to provide the readers insight on the character. As Tolkien introduces Bilbo, he helps to build his personality. Bilbo's personality shows through when all the dwarves are entering his house and he wonders "whether they would stay [for] supper" (Tolkien 10). Through this you can tell that

Tolkien shows relationships between beings with various races in The Fellowship of the Ring to emphasize the strength of friendship. We can see the progressive development of relationship between characters within the fellowship and outside of the fellowship. Bilbo—the main

Tolkien, and throughout the novel the reader can quickly identify it. The author conveys the message that fellowship is very important among the people since things are done efficiently and in a more organized fashion with a higher likelihood of success. The author clearly promotes fellowship and Bilbo’s actions are an example of it. It is also demonstrated through the book that people should learn how to help others without asking anything in return, since this is what true fellowship is about. Throughout the book it is noticeable that people should do everything at their reach to help others and that people should do what they believe do good for everyone not only for themselves, Readers can also learn that being greedy and selfish only brings negative impacts, therefore we should be more generous and kind to the people around us. These are a few of the marvelous morals the author conveys to the

First , Tolkien has a totally different mindset than we do. The positive character traits are being adventurous and being wild minded, and when bilbo accepted the challenge to go to fight the trolls. He went to go get back the treasure that belonged to him and other people that smog stole. He went on this long trip just to get back what’s his. He was very positive about going on this trip. He thinks that tookish side on chapter one to be very positive. These are some things that J.R.R. Tolkien thinks

In The Hobbit, Tolkien created cultures and values that are represented often in certain characters and groups of characters. These translate to character traits, which can be positive or negative. After reading up to this point in the story, one can infer that Tolkien considers focused to be a positive character trait, greed to be a negative character trait, and he also feels intelligence more important than physical strength.

In a book called The Hobbit, the main character Bilbo Baggins was born with two types of families in his blood, the Baggins side, which is his father’s side, is the side of the family that hates adventures. They just want sit in there homes and eat all day, basicly its the negative side of Bilbo’s whole family. The other type of family that's in Bilbo blood is the Took side, which is his mother’s side . They like to do adventures, journeys, quests or some other active stuff. You think since Bilbo’s a boy he would be mostly on his father’s side of the family, but Bilbo was asked to go on a unexpected journey and he’s been through a lot of events

Each character had their own special value that was important to them. Bilbo valued his hobbit hole, privacy, and space the most. He loved his hobbit hole more than anything else. Gandalf the wizard valued his powers and motives and he kept them hidden unless they were needed the most. Thorin Oakenshield valued his inheritance, his culture, and his power and he fought very hard to get it all back. He also valued serving people who helped him. Like Thorin the other Dwarves also valued serving people that helped them but they all had their own particular values as well. Bombur valued food and sleep while Fili and Kili valued their being young and active. But of all the values of all the dwarves, they all valued their long

One of the main themes of the Hobbit is Bravery/ Heroism .The novel begins with Bilbo being content who lives in a hobbit hole. Gandalf invites Bilbo on an adventure and Bilbo reluctantly agrees when he wants to embrace his adventurous “Took” side of his ancestry. Bilbo shows great courage and heroism fighting evil and overcoming challenges. An example would be that “The dwarves looked at Bilbo with quite a new respect ,when he talked about dodging the guards and jumping over Gollum and squeezing through as if it was not difficult or very alarming”. (pg. 93). This quote tells of the dwarves response to Bilbo telling them how he escaped goblins and a horrid creature named Gollum. This instance is significant because it is the first major act

Character traits that Tolkien considers positive include traits such as being adventurous and politeness. In the novel the trait adventurous appear as a positive trait as it is a ‘requirement’ in order to even go on an adventure. Bilbo denies adventure due to his normal, peaceful life. However, his Tookish side urges him to accept and accompany the dwarves. Being polite or kind is another positive character trait. Bilbo was upset,

Gollum does not set a good example of consideration of others, which is a very important trait. Murat Arslan describes Gollum in an article: “This fierce creature who is obsessed with himself and plans to eat Bilbo.” (139) “[Bilbo] must get away, out of this horrible darkness, while he had any strength left. He must fight. He must stab the foul thing, put its eyes out, kill it.