The Hobbit By J. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit is about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who's living in the Shire Hobbiton. A wizard named Gandalf shows up with 13 military dwarfs and asks Bilbo to help reclaim the dwarf’s treasure. On the way they thought run into issues and obstacles. Wondering through tunnels in the Misty Mountains after being left behind, Bilbo find a strange Golden ring that when worn turns you invisible and pockets it. After that he meets back up with Gandalf and the 13 dwarves only to later be abandoned by Gandalf. Bilbo ends up having to rescue the Dwarfs from spiders with his magical sword and new ring. They are soon captured by group of woodland elves who lives near the river that runs to Mirkwood. With the ring Bilbo escapes him and the dwarfs, down the river to arrive at Laketown near the lonely mountain, where Smaug sleeps with Thorin's treasure. Once Bilbo is inside the mountains he talks to the dragon who unknowingly reveals his scales to have a weak spot near his heart. Bard, the archer, knows about the dragon’s weakness and kills him with an arrow before he dies he burns Laketown to the ground. Humans of Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood walk into the lonely mountain for a share of the treasure to compensate for their losses and aid, but Thorin refuses. The humans and Elves surround the mountain trapping the dwarves and hobbit inside. Bilbo sneaks out to join humans and try to bring peace. Once Thorin finds out what Bilbo has done he's mad but Gandalf suddenly appears and

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolken displays a detailed Hero’s Journey that barely falters from the exact format. The stage of Into the Abyss is where the greatest challenges are faced and for Bilbo they were small, but caused significant mental, moral, and physical changes. Bilbo’s time spent in the goblin-infested Misty Mountains demonstrated him going Into the Abyss due to the revealing of how seemingly unimportant moments can end up being the most influential and change a person drastically.

Tolkien a literary icon set the standards of what a fantasy is in his essay On Fairy Stories assessing what he believes a story must contain to make it a true “fairy story”. Tolkien never references The Hobbit which he published two years prior. The Hobbit is Tolkien’s first novel based in a fictitious land known as Middle Earth and is about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins and his unexpected journey with a band of dwarfs and a wizard. Tolkien must have believed his novel The Hobbit to be a fairy story by the standards he set in his essay and there is sufficient evidence to say that he did.

In The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins is an unexpected hero. Going on this adventure in the first place makes him a here. Bilbo saves the dwarves from giant spiders. Bilbo helped the dwarves escape from the elves.

In many stories, there is a hero ‒ a character who rescues, saves, survives, and sacrifices in order to help the greater good. He usually is of mysterious origin and often starts off seeming ordinary and insignificant. However, as the hero eventually grows and develops, he follows the hero’s journey, or the general structure of a hero’s adventures. Such is the case in J.R.R. Tolkien’s renowned The Hobbit, a high fantasy novel detailing the adventures of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, a small furry creature known as a hobbit. Bilbo lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until he is compelled to join a dangerous quest with Gandalf the wizard and thirteen dwarves. As Bilbo Baggins progresses along his hero’s journey, he transforms, develops, and changes into an extraordinary hero.

The Hobbit, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, tells of the hardships and struggles of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in a hobbit hole named Bag End. Bilbo is “hired” by a party of dwarves to go on an adventure to get their stolen gold from the lonely mountain. The only catch is that the mountain is guarded by the dragon, Smaug.

The capability of beaming brightly and showing strength in the face of great pain, grief, or danger. To be seen in admiration by the people for one’s noble qualities and achievements. This defines the courageous behavior to that of a hero. During the progression of the novel, The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien, a clear resemblance of heroism has been shown by many characters throughout. However, when asked to define the term “hero,” the majority of people would describe a physically strong man, who’s tall and stands in the face of danger; people such as Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and King Arthur. In contrast to that common stereotype, Tolkien describes nothing but an undersized and feeble farmer named Bilbo Baggins, who lives in a well furbished hole in the ground, and how this man will embark on an unexpected journey to become a heroic figure. This reveals the fact that society doesn’t dictate the standards of a hero; only that individual can regulate their own future, and how they can be a conqueror too.

It is now listed as Key Stage 2 and for the purposes of this assignment we shall be examining the piece with this level in mind. It is essentially a simple story of a Hobbit who reluctantly undertakes a great adventure with a band of dwarves and a wizard to assist in the regaining of treasure lost to a dragon in times gone by. However, the trials faced during this journey and it’s descriptive manner mean that the book is far from simple at times and it would be fair to assume that this would place it at the higher end of Key Stage 2 readership, perhaps aged 10 to 11 as it is commonly accepted that children read books typically written approximately 2 years older than their own age. Using Christopher Booker’s theory of The Seven Basic Plots and taking each of the seven individually we see many examples of ‘Overcoming the monster’ including ‘The Call’ and ‘Initial success’ with lines such as ‘Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast…Gandalf came by…Tales and adventures sprouted up all over the place wherever he went’ (Tolkien, 1937, pp. 15) demonstrating the beginning of ‘The Call’ and ‘Would this be any good? asked Bilbo…he held out a largish key though no doubt William had thought it very small and secret. It must have fallen out of his pocket before he was turned to stone’ (Tolkien, 1937, pp. 50) showing the Hobbit’s initial success as a thief or burglar, the reason he was hired to be a part of

Bilbo Baggins – Bilbo was very respectful and was given an elvish blade and he had no shoes so he walked with his bare feet because they were hairy and had bubble like balls on the bottom of his feet so it wouldn’t hurt him to walk.

(1)Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring from the Lord of the Rings trilogy is about a young Hobbit named Frodo, whose duty is to destroy the One Ring, the only thing keeping the Dark Lord from taking over Middle Earth, where this story takes place. (2)The book opens with Frodo, the main character inheriting all of his uncles treasures from his past adventures after he leaves his home permanently, including a ring he was told not to wear. (3)Gandalf, an old friend of Frodo’s arrives with urgent news, warning Frodo to leave Hobbiton (the town he lives in) immediately because the Ring he bears is a threat to the entirety of Middle Earth, the place where this story takes place. (4)Frodo realizes that the ring is the only thing keeping the Dark Lord

The protagonist of the book is Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo the main character in the book, is a hobbit. He was scared to leave his home town of Bagan. Bilbo was invited by dwarves to go on an adventure to find treasure that belonged to the them. Little was known about what could happen on this trip, but still Bilbo was drawn to this adventure with much excitement. It was when he did not have food to eat that he would question why he left his hobbit hole.

The Hobbit is a great fantasy novel. It has many great aspects. Such as, a vast amount of supernatural beings, including trolls, that are only found within fantasy novels. In addition, the plot of the novel has the classic struggle between a kind and courageous protagonist and an evil and sinister antagonist. Lastly, The Hobbit contains one element that all can agree is only found within the realm of fantasy. Magic. The unique characteristics found in The Hobbit make it a prime example of the fantasy genre.

According to Dictionary.com a leader is “a person who rules, guides or inspires others”. Often a leader is more than that. Leaders care about the group as a whole not just their individual part. They see the big picture and help everyone else to see it too. They are the one the group looks up to and depends on. If the leader is lost almost always a new unlikely leader is bound to emerge. Leaders often do not know who they are until they are put in a position where they must lead for the success of the group. Leaders play a huge role in the book The Hobbit. Jack Welch summarizes the leader’s role in this book perfectly. Bilbo before he is a leader, Bilbo when he is a leader and Gandalf’s actions all relate to the quote Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.--Jack Welch

In the majority of tales that use the classic trope of the quest, the journey serves as a metaphor for the personal growth of the questing character, for whom the quest is often the fulfillment of a personal destiny. The story of The Hobbit is very much one of these tales. This classic novel follows the story of a comfort-loving hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who is suddenly thrust into a world of adventure and danger by a group of dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield and the somewhat mysterious wizard Gandalf. Their quest is to take back what was once their homeland from the evil dragon Smaug, and they wish to use Bilbo as their burglar. Throughout their journey, Bilbo half-heartedly takes part in the affairs and also battles with trolls, giant spiders, elves, goblins, and is even part of a great war. Since the novels release over seventy years though, many people have found much in the form of allegory and symbolism of social issues and of what was happening at the time the novel was written, despite the fact that Tolkien had always strenuously denied that any of this works are in any sort of way allegorical.

Don't judge a book by its cover. This famous phrase can very well be applied to the hobbit a small human like creature that goes along with 13 dwarves and a wizard. The wizard, Gandalf, has total faith in the little hobbit knowing full well that when the time comes he will serve the dwarves quite well. He does this with the help of a ring that makes him invisible. He saves the dwarves from evil spiders that wish to eat them. Uses it to help them escape the clutches of elves that would keep them in their clutches for some time. And to find out the weakness of an evil dragon bent on destroying all those opposing him. Our little hobbit friend is quite an extraordinary little fellow compared