The Hobbit Book Vs Movie

The definition of a hero is an individual, man or woman, in which he or she exhibits immense courage, fortitude, and being humble. In today 's culture, one might think of Batman or Wolverine as heroes, however, in J.R.R Tolkien 's The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins redefines the entirety of the definition of a hero and deemed like no other. Throughout his adventure across middle-earth with the dwarves, Bilbo exemplifies several of these qualities. In contrast to both Norse and Anglo conceptions of heroism, Bilbo Baggins redefines the conception and definition of hero.

The first difference I notice is in the book women are very disrespected with not having very many rights, while in the movie women are in the Mead Hall with the men partying not much in the kitchen like the book portrayed, that’s the very first thing I see. Also now in the book Beowulf rips Grendle’s arm off for his death but in the movie Beowulf grapples Grendel, who has a chain wrapped around his arm, pulling it loose. As Grendel is trying to flee Heorot, Beowulf slams the door on his arm, severing it. Also in the book Grendle’s mother goes to avenge them but in the movie his mother visits Beowulf as he is asleep with all the other villagers and she visits him in his dreams and awakens to see she has killed many men of the Herot. Also in the book the mother’s lair is guarded in the movie it’s deserted. After slaying Grendel's mother, Beowulf brings Hrunting, Grendel's head and the hilt from the giant's sword back to Heorot in the book where in the movie she brings the head to

Looking. Searching. Seeking. There is just nothing like it for getting to conclusions. Finding. “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after” (Tolkien). Certainly, when E.M Forster wrote A Passage to India or J.R.R Tolkien wrote The Hobbit or Kurt Vonnegut wrote Slaughterhouse -Five they were not looking for anything. However, they ended up finding a crucial link in their books–links to society at the time their books were published. 1924, 1937, 1969 or is it 1890, 2157 (Shire reckoning), 1945-It is not possible to be entirely sure. And it is this ambiguity that reveals a major aspect of literature. Literature has a tendency to represent the prevailing collective outlook. Forster highlights the growing discontent, of both Indians and the British, with the way the sub-continent is handled. Tolkien represents, very allegorically, the hardy nature of the people surviving the great depression, naming them hobbits. Vonnegut expresses the general disillusionment of the post-war years and Billy Pilgrim’s fatalist nature provides a grim undercurrent to the cheery “good war” (Jarvis 62). Thus, as seen through Forster, Tolkien, and Vonnegut’s books A Passage to India, The Hobbit, and Slaughterhouse -Five (respectively) authors tend to mimic

To me, both Tolkien and movie producers in Hollywood captured many of the different aspects and angles of the timeless classic The Hobbit. Although I pictured some scenes and characters different in my mind, both the movie and the book outdid themselves with lovely yet gruesomely fascinating detail. I myself am not sure if I favor the movie or the book better. Each did a great job of benefiting details to the story by either giving great descriptions of high quality imagery. Both the movie and the book both portrayed the story perfectly in their own ways.

One difference is in The Hobbit the Hero’s Journey is evident. The reader can clearly identify the current stage of the Hero’s Journey the story is in and you can clearly how Bilbo’s a

How can an author write a story which appeals to a present day audience? Richard H. Tyre published an article in 1978 that gives an answer to this very question. Tyre explains how most kids today choose to read books like the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series, and even The Wizard of Oz. An existing theory that Tyre came up with explains that each of these books, along with many others, have one thing in common: 6 plot elements. Not only do these stories contain the same 6 elements but those elements are in the same order! Tyre states that “(1) those who hunt for treasure, (2) must go alone, (3) at night, (4) and when they find it, (5) they must leave some of their blood behind, (6) and the treasure is never what they expected.” (Tyre 2). J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of The Hobbit. The Hobbit revolves around one hobbit in particular named Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo embarks on a journey with 14 others to recover a treasure that is guarded by a dragon. Along the way Bilbo faces many challenges that range from running into huge trolls, to taking part in fierce battles. Due to it’s main character hunting for treasure, facing most of the dangers alone, battling during the wee hours of the night, eventually finding the treasure, after sweating/crying/and enduring injuries, just to have the treasure revealed to him as not what he expected, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is undoubtedly a perfect example of Tyre’s 6 plot elements.

“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.” This is my favorite quote from the popular book written by Galye Foreman in 2009, and then later created into a movie in 2014 called if I stay. The story about Mia, the 17 year old high school student who plays the cello and is totally obsessed with classical music. After a tragic car accident, she gets the rare opportunity to reflect on her entire life. Mia begins to have an out-of-body experience where she becomes separated from her body and is conscious to hear and see everything going on around her. As each event unfolds, Mia reflects on the past’s years with her family. Eventually, Mia’s projected body grows weary and she knows it’s time to make a decision. Return to her body and fight, or let herself slip away

When a book is written well, producers and directors idolize it and want to make a film of it. However these movie spinoffs often omit scenes or change scenes that were very important in the book. This is where the hobbit comes in. The Hobbit was written by J.R.R. Tolkien, and the movie was directed by Peter Jackson. In the story Bilbo is a hobbit from the shire that one day gets chosen by Gandalf (a magical wizard) to become a part of an adventure. He is called to be a burglar and to steal gold from a dragon that took from dwarves many years ago. I believe that in the movie, the scene where Bilbo encounters Smaug there are two main differences between the book and the movie that really weakened

The Hobbit book came first which means the movie was based on the book. So, the book had the original order of everything and the original plot of the story. The beginning of the book flowed really well, it didn’t jump into the book right away. It slowly got into the plot by telling about hobbits and Bilbo’s family. “The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him.” (P.G. 4). This tells more about how hobbits in general. In the movie, When it started it was bit confusing because it started off with Bilbo Baggins writing a letter and there was this character named Frodo, which wasn’t in the book, and I had no idea what was really happening. After that scene, the movie immediately starts, which made it even more confusing, without any details on anything. The movie was just out of place in some scenes, since the movie added a lot of different scenes and took away a lot of scenes it got confusing. It isn’t a bad thing to add or get rid of some scenes, but The Hobbit movie got rid of so many and added so many it was out of place. Therefore, the book is better because it flowed better and made more sense than the

Beowulf is an epic story written in the English language. Originally only spoken not written. The story is about Beowulf accepting a quest to defend Herot from Monsters for the treasure and fame. Beowulf is our main character in this epic story who has the strength of 30 thanes and is the bravest around. As Beowulf sets out for this journey his partner Wiglaf and his men are there to help him throughout the journey.

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Although the movies are a beautiful remake of the original book, there a quite a few distinct differences between the two. These differences can be very simple: like the fact that Gollum only has six teeth in the book and nine in the movie, or very complex: like the fact that whole new characters were added to the movie that were not originally in the book. The elves Legolas, Tauriel, and Galadriel played very prominent roles in the book in helping the dwarves and hobbit on their journey, yet they ceased to exist in the original text. Another substantial difference between the book and movies is that in the book, the dwarves and hobbit weren’t aware of Smaug leaving (or being killed for that matter) until they were alerted of this news by the crows. However, in the movie, a pretty large battle took place between the dwarves and Smaug. As far as smaller differences go, in the book the keyhole to get into Smaug’s chamber was lit by the sunset, whereas in the movie the keyhole was lit by the light of the moon; the movie showed Bard’s children and the book didn’t; and in the book it talks of Gandalf throwing pinecones lit with fires of many color, but in the book they were all one color; and the movie featured an attack

Have you ever read a book so enjoyable that you want to read it twice? Well, that's how I feel about The Hobbit. The Hobbit is a tale about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo goes on a wild adventure with 13 dwarves to try and reclaim The Lonely Mountain from the great dragon Smaug. The novel covers this whole story, while the movie that I watched, The Desolation of Smaug, only covered about a third of the tale. This story follows what’s known as The Heroic Journey, a format that explains the different parts that a narrative with a hero in it may have. The Hobbit is a great story; however, the book was made by an author who wanted to make a great story, while the movie was made solely to create profit. This is seen through differences such as where Gandalf goes in the book vs movie, what happens in Lake-Town, and how Smaug reacts to the company being at the mountain.

The movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey by J.R.R. Tolkien and directed by Peter Jackson, this movie was a fantasy. The Genre is a fantasy story.

In “The Hobbit” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy there are two characters of similarity that play a key role in both narratives. Thorin II Oakinshield and Aragorn II Elessar are two would be kings who come into their crowns in time for their own respective books or series to end. Both dwarf and man have a journey to their individual thrones and in particular the genesis, the journey and the end of their adventures share a great deal of commonality and precarious differences, variables that with or without their crowns says and awful lot about them.