The Adventure of a Lifetime in J.R.R. Tolkien's Story, The Hobbit

In 1949, Joseph Campbell discussed the hero’s journey, the foundation commonly used in stories throughout history. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the hero’s journey narrative is used to tell the story of Bilbo Baggins’s adventure. The novel follows Bilbo Baggins and a company of dwarves as they seek to take back the dwarves’ fallen kingdom. As the story progresses, Bilbo’s character develops and the dwarves perception of him develops through the many trials before the death of Smaug the dragon and the final battle between a variety of mythical creatures. In The Hobbit, the dwarves originally doubt Bilbo’s abilities but as Bilbo encounters more obstacles and succeeds, the dwarves perception turns to one of respect and admiration.

J.R.R. Tolkien was born in South Africa, although he considered himself a British man throughout his adulthood. He experienced World War I firsthand in the trenches. He was a professor of Old English and other archaic languages and had a strong love for such languages. Tolkien also felt a strong tie for his homeland, England, and desired to create mythology for England. Tolkien was able to write the first modern fantasy novel through his life experiences and his love for archaic languages and British lore.

Tolkien lived in his own apartment in Birmingham at the age of sixteen. He went about his studies normally until the day Tolkien met the one person with the most influence on him in his entire life: Edith Bratt. Edith was nineteen at the time when Tolkien was sixteen; they would talk for hours leaning out the windows of their apartments and have informal dates in coffee shops where they would make a game of throwing sugar cubes into the large hats worn by the women of the time(25 Horne).

The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien is a fantasy and quest novel. As The Pen and The Pad states all quest novels consist of five parts. “The call”, this is the beginning when gandalf arrives and tries to convince bilbo to go on the grand adventure, this continues with the arrival of the dwarfs and their magical stories . Then comes the refusal, when bilbo decides he will remain home, as he is happy as he is now, and wishes not to jeopardize his life for some foolish quest, this stage is through the whole of the first chapter then comes the “Threshold and Decent” when the main character gets something that convinces them to go, you could argue that this is one of a few options, when gandalf boots him from his house and gets him his things, this lifts his spirits and he is finally on the adventure, however he is still hesitant, this is where the second one comes into picture, I would argue that the true point he joins the quest is at the discovery of the ring, as this is his turning point. He gets an object that aids in his journey and he gains confidence, the true beginning of the adventure. Then “The Trial” when he comes face to face with Smaug, in a true trial of his power. Upon Smaug’s defeat, he gains much riches. Now “The Return” Bilbo arrives at his home at Bag End and has gained a love of adventure, storytelling, and a lot of confidence. Now we have established it is a quest novel, but it’s more,

The Hobbit, written by John R. R. Tolkien, is a fantasy novel published on September 21, 1937. It was written as a prelude to the famous series, The Lord of the Rings, written seventeen years later. The Hobbit introduces the reader to an incredibly immersive fantasy world, that enriches the reader into its epic storyline. The story takes place in a land called Middle-earth, a land filled with enchanting surprises and magical wonders. It was the perfect playground for Tolkien to develop his main character Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo Baggins was a small hobbit, who unaware in the beginning would become a large role in the plot. It is through this character that Tolkien implemented the theme of heroism into the story. Bilbo’s

The Hobbit, written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, describes a quest that Bilbo Baggins and his friends made. Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of the novel, was one of the many

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been beloved works among many generations of readers since they were first published. The author of these two books, J.R.R. Tolkien is just as interesting a man as many of the characters he created in the world of Middle-Earth. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Africa to a banker manager and his wife in 1892 and had only one sibling, Hilary, who was less than two years younger (Wikipedia). When he was young both of his parents died (one from rheumatic fever, the other from diabetes) and he and his brother were raised by a Catholic priest in Birmingham (Wikipedia). Tolkien was involved in World War One and Two, first as a serviceman, then as a cryptographer (Wikipedia). Indeed he was very

In brief, the adventure of Bilbo gives readers great moral values besides the life lessons, survivor skills as well as the friendship journey. Each situation in the hobbit teaches readers learned the value of travel like Bilbo got to know the his hole just a little world. There’s more in outside world that we should learning.

For years, people of all ages have enjoyed “The Hobbit,” by J.R.R. Tolkien, causing a debate over whether or not this novel should be defined as a ‘children’s book.’ After all, it contains many stereotypes of a children’s book, including moral lessons and character growth, yet, avid fans debate that it includes depth and darkness that heighten it to the level of adults. In the end, does it really matter how people view it from the outside? What might otherwise be important is the content it contains. Bilbo Baggins, a small character who goes on huge adventures; someone who has become known throughout the fantasy world and has left a footprint bigger than a giant’s. However, this seems like an awfully large reputation for somebody who seems so meek and homely towards the beginning of his journey. Luckily, over the course of his pilgrimage to the Lonely Mountain, he grows in ways that have enabled this persona. Not only does he learn about the world he lives in, but he also becomes more courageous and mature throughout the journey as well. This in total transforms him from the weak link of his traveling company, into the person who become invaluable to finding peace and closure from their quest.

Tolkien's life from the hand of Michael White. The biography explores Tolkien's journey from poor and parentless child to one of the most prolific literary writers of the 20th Century. In what can be described as a personable account of Tolkien's life, White describes J.R.R's life as a young child raised in South Africa; the saddening loss of his parents at a very young age; his blossoming love for Edith Brett; Tolkien's devotion to his career as a professor at Oxford; the friendship he had with C.S. Lewis and how this influenced his work ; the inspiration for The Hobbit from a hole is some carpet; and how The Lord of the Rings became a literary masterpiece in the 20th Century, eventually becoming a world renowned film and gaming franchise. This book provided a great deal of elaboration and, more vitally, context on some of the facts stated in the Tolkien Society's very formal and somewhat vague online timeline. Each of the key dates mentioned are put into perspective and suddenly we see Tolkien not just as a fact but as a person with character, a man who suffered and succeeded in equal measure. The biography itself is written in such a way that it feels like a fictional novel and that is refreshing because it brings a sense of intrigue into Tolkien's personal journey, I liken Tolkien then to his beloved Hobbit travelling through Middle Earth. The way this particular book was written

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known by his pen name J.R.R. Tolkien, came from a family that was primarily craftsmen that had emigrated to England from Germany in the 18th century. John was born on January 3rd, 1892 to father Arthur Tolkien and mother Mabel Tolkien in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His family had moved there after his father was promoted to head of the Bloemfontein office of the British bank. John had one sibling, his younger brother, Hilary Arthur Reuel.

This is the life of J. R. R. Tolkien from birth to death and what he did and what made him become the person he was. J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3rd 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free-State in South Africa. He was famous for being an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

J.R.R. Tolkien, formally acknowledged as John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, is an author best known for his “Lord of the Ring” trilogy and children’s book “The Hobbit”. He was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa to his English parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien. He was their eldest son and had a younger brother, Hilary Tolkien. In 1896 when Tolkien was just three, [him and his mother and brother] paid a visit to his mother’s family in England. While there, his father unexpectedly died from a hemorrhage, leaving the family penniless; so Mabel decided to remain in Sarehole, England with her family. When he became 12, his mother died from diabetes in 1904 and the boys were sent to a boarding school in Birmingham, England under the care of their relative, Father Francis Morgan.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was well known, internationally as a fantasy writer. He was born in South Africa on January 3, 1892. He lived with both his mother and his father. His father was a bank manager but passed away unexpectedly when Tolkien was four years old due to complications from rheumatic fever, an inflammatory disease that develops from inadequately treated scarlet fever or strep throat (cite), both being common back in that time period. Ronald (as everyone called him) was visiting family in England with his mother and younger brother which was named Hilary, at the time of his father’s death. After Tolkien’s father passed, his mother did not return to South Africa but moved her family to be near her own in Birmingham, England where she began to homeschool Ronald and his brother. Not long after moving to Birmingham, Mrs. Tolkien and her sister were alienated from their family when they converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1900s.

There are some specific and significant events in his childhood and youth that will influence on his works in the future, such as name, family, education, etc. His name “Tolkien” is from the German Tollkiehn; in origin, the name is a compound of ‘toll’ meaning ‘mad’ and ‘kuhn’ meaning ‘brave’, and so meaning foolhardy. His nave also can refer to someone unwisely bold or someone who displays courage and initiative in face of overwhelming odds (Grotta 15); he occasionally used the pseudonym “Oxymore” (Doughan). His father’s side of the family migrated from Saxony in the 18th century, but about in the first half century before his birth had become Anglicized. His father, Arthur Reuel Tolkien, was a bank clerk, and went to South Africa in the 1890s for better opportunity of promotion. There he was married by Mabel Suffield, since then whose family were not only English, but West