The Hobbit: Comparing The Book And Movie

When you think of a hero, is the first character to pop in your head a little hobbit named Bilbo Baggins? In most cases, people think of Superman or Hercules, but in The Hobbit, an unexpected hero emerges and changes the name for all heroes to come. The Hobbit is a novel about Bilbo Baggins and his journey, with thirteen dwarves and a wizard, seeking the treasure stolen by the dragon, Smaug. While on this unexpected journey, Bilbo and his companions overcome many obstacles to eventually get to the treasure and retrieve it. Throughout the story, Bilbo develops into a courageous man, who indeed, is a hero. Richard Tyre wrote an article, “You Can’t Teach Tolkien,” and he explains his theory in which he connects multiple story’s plot with six elements. The Hobbit, is assuredly a prime example of Tyre’s theory because it follows all six steps throughout the story simultaneously. The six elements are; “(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 19). These elements are steps in which a character must take to emerge into a hero in the end. Bilbo Baggins is the hero in The Hobbit, but he doesn’t start off as the hero. He has always had heroic traits but throughout the novel, he pursues those six steps and in the resolution, he is transformed into an actual hero.

In conclusion, we can now see that Bilbo is in fact a dynamic character. He gains many qualities he can use in the future, like courage, learning to use his wits, and letting out the adventurous side in him. He used to be almost paranoid, to himself, and strict. But now he has turned into something much bigger, an adventurer. So the adventure changed him for the better. This is how Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit we thought would never do anything

I confidently say that Bilbo is a hero based on his courage, leadership, and self- sacrifice for his companions. This type of hero does act courageously, and preform even he is scared. Bilbo’s courage is one of the dominant qualities in this journey. Because of his surge the dwarves get lonely mountain and find their treasure. He initiates this quality on his mother’s side “his make-up from the Took side” (PG 03).

Bilbo has shown his capabilities many times here are three major times, he fought giant spiders, he took the most prized possession the arkenstone, and he spoke to smaug. Bilbo is small yet he steps up to the plate a few times to save his friends. All of the dwarves were in webs and bilbo saved them all by himself. This is one of his major friend saves.

Bilbo Baggins is defined as a hero because he saves the dwarves from the gigantic spiders in a pitch-black forest, rescues them from the Elvenking’s grasp, and bravely takes an extremely precious jewel, that the dwarves have been searching for, and gave it to the elves and lake men to use as a bargain tool to prevent them from fighting the dwarves. Finding out that his friends were getting captured by gigantic spiders left Bilbo something else to worry about besides lack of food and water. His heroic self-came out again as he used himself as a decoy, or bait, to lure the spiders far away from the dwarves so he can have time to free the dwarves later. He used himself once more to help the dwarves run to a safe place while the spiders were slowly closing in on them. This shows that Bilbo is self-sacrificing and would do anything to keep his friends which is an impotent trait for a hero to have.

He might not have the physical strengths and capabilities as most heroes do, but he sure does have the intelligence that got him through this journey. It all started when, as I mentioned in the second paragraph, when Bilbo meets Gollum, it is also a turning point in the novel in which Bilbo finds Gollum’s ring which has the ability to make you invisible. At the time, Bilbo is unsure of the ability of the ring, but decides to hide it from Gollum using his wit and sneakiness. Gollum realizes his ring is missing and starts suspecting Bilbo as stealing it. “What has it got in it’s nasty little pockets?” Gollum will not let Bilbo go until he beats him in a riddle challenge. "Well, if it loses, precious, then we eats it! If Baggins loses, we eats it whole." With Bilbo having the ring in his pocket he asks “What have I got in my pocket?” Knowing Gollum has no chance of answering correctly, Bilbo uses his wit and intelligence of winning and escaping Gollum. Another example of Bilbo’s intelligence is when he is the saviour of the dwarves from the wood elves. He uses the ring as an advantage for his success of sneaking around the elves while invisible and gets the keys for the dungeon and sets free all the dwarves. “When he heard this Bilbo was all in a flutter, for he saw that luck was with him and he had a chance at once to try his desperate plan.” With Bilbo only having the ability to not be seen, he must think of an quick escape plan for the others. He suggests they go in the barrels and sets them into the river, escaping the elves. With such a short amount of time and quick decision making, Bilbo’s intelligence has never got them into

Second of all he is fearless. At the beginning of the book Bilbo would have been scared of a little bee but, after the adventure he had went on he would even be phased by a simple

My parents constantly mold my life. I can proudly say that my parents shape me to be a better gentleman, and to be a better citizen of the world. Even as a child, my parents have guided me to change my morals and see the world in a different light. I am very grateful for a chance to correct the self-centered morals everyone has when they are a child. Some people do not have amazing mentors to model what they should do and what they should not do.

A hero will always be the first to help, and he won’t be shy about it. A hero will also be exceptionally strong both physically and mentally. There is hardly a problem when you have a hero around. So, when Tolkien introduces Bilbo as the main character, who will clearly become important, it seems as if it is a joke. However, as the characters and the plot develops, Bilbo proves to be extremely helpful to the dwarves.

There are many good traits in the book The Hobbit. One of the traits Tolkien may think is positive might be Bilbo’s courage. Another thing he might think is a negative trait would probably be the fact that he gets scared easily. At this point in the book The Hobbit intelligence and physical strength are both very important factors to have to go on this journey they are about to embark upon.

In Conclusion, these two chapters show that Bilbo used his intellect to outwit the elves, bravery to save the dwarves, and strength to stand up to the elves. In which, he managed to escape the elves and save the dwarves from certain doom. Bilbo know realizes that he is now a hero and help the dwarves more on their adventure. Although, he wants to be a normal hobbit again go back to his hobbit

In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, he portrays the character of Bilbo Baggins as the unlikely hero by showing how brave he is when he and the group are in danger. His fearlessness in combat and his intelligence help guide the group to their destination.

Many heroes conquer extreme tests and challenges to achieve greatness which gives them the title “Hero”. Bilbo Baggins is clearly not a hero yet, infact he is just a middle-aged fellow hobbit in the Shire. Bilbo was not ready for the number of events that were to occur after a wizard by the name of Gandalf had appeared at his doorstep. Gandalf sends the unexperienced hobbit who is not known for adventures, on a spine-tingling adventure which can only be conquered by a hero. Bilbo certainly does not fit such a heroic role at first sight, but he gradually develops into that brave character and claims the title “hero”. A few of the elements he faces that are similar yet different to the HQC throughout the story are call to adventure, mentor, and the ultimate test.

Bilbo Baggins is one of the main characters of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Being a main character in a story, especially an adventure story, typically comes with some pretty hefty responsibilities. More often than not, the main character is also the hero. A hero is defined as “a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities,” and these are not necessarily qualities readily attributed to Bilbo Baggins (oxforddictionaries.com). This essay will look at three ways in which Bilbo contrasts the traditional characteristics of a hero and what transformations he ends up making to fit the mold more closely. It will examine his lineage, his strength, and his attitude as well as the changes he makes throughout the story.

Bilbo is a very determined into what he wants to do, the dwarves may say harsh words to him but he won't give up. Baggins was really dedicated into the mission even though Thorin had said cruel things. The mission was difficult for him since he is not a proper fighter, but he still kept on