The Hobbit: Comparing The Book And Movie

Going forward, in this essay, topics such as heroism and transformity will be strongly analyzed through quotes directly from the book The Hobbit and opinions formed while reading. Through the book The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien is able to show how a hero isn’t always the typical buff and boots with a cape on his back kind of person. Tolkien shows the reader that a hero is made by the struggles he conquers and isn’t just a perfect character thrown into the beginning of the story.

In my opinion the battle of the five armies was the worst of the three movies. I felt the plotline in this movie was not as good as the others. But there were not as many differences in between the film and the movie. In the film there were no talking birds, which I wanted to see. In the movie, Thorin shoots an arrow at the feet of Thranduil’s horse. Bilbo does not meet either Gandalf or Bard at the fire but rather walks right up to them. Also in the movie, Bilbo is struck on the head and survives without any injury. In the movie Thorin kills Bolg. Legolas appears in the movie but he does not appear in the book. When Bilbo is saying goodbye to Gandalf he is shown carrying a chest. It is not shown that they split the treasures like it says in

Additionally, the different lighting, angles and sounds make this part of the movie more interesting and it makes audiences sit on the tip of their chair because they really want to know what is going to happen to them next. The main change in the movie to the book is that the movie makes Bilbo the hero. This is more humorous and funny and effective because they use different angles and different sounds that makes the imagery more lifelike and interesting.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit living in the Shire having a peaceful quiet life in his hobbit hole. One day after living a life of leisure and pleasure he is awakened by a rude knock on his door. In a matter of a few hours he will meet the people that changed his life for good. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien is a story about a hobbit and his adventure. His adventure starts with a knock on his door by his old Friend Gandalf. Gandalf then promptly asks Bilbo”I am looking for someone to share in an adventure”(tolkien). Bilbo then denies Gandalf and continuous with his usual day until that night. When Bilbo is about to eat his dinner he gets a knock. He opens it to find two dwarves Dwalin and Balin. Bilbo 's shocked but invites them in. Bilbo does this eval times until he 's left with thirteen dwarves Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Ori, Nori, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and Thorin Oakenshield. They then invite him on a quest that would change his life. During his quest he faces many evils and overcomes them all to become a hero.

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.

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

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.

Everyone has a hero. For some it’s a celebrity, or family for others it could be a comic book superhero or a Disney princess. Our heroes may differ, but they all have the same heroic journey according to Joseph Campbell’s studies. He came up with the Heroic Journey an outline that mostly fits any story with a hero. Lately I have been comparing the heroic journey in The Hobbit, and then I compare the book version of The Hobbit and the second movie of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug to each other.

One of the differences being the reason Gandalf’s reason for finding Bilbo. In the book Gandalf seeks out Bilbo for the quest because he realizes that Bilbo has something Tookish about him like his mother, Belladonna Took. While in the film adaptation, Gandalf talks about how he has known Bilbo since he was a kid, back when Bilbo was adventurous, enthusiastic, and not scared to face danger. Another difference is when Bilbo leaves his hobbit-hole to go on an adventure with the dwarves. In the book, Bilbo is rushed and unprepared.

I personally liked the book The Hobbit better than the movie. I liked the book better because it provided a more vivid experience, provided more story, and gave us more of Bilbo’s perspective because we could know what he was thinking. Finally, The Hobbit and its movie are similar and different from each other in a variety of ways such as the start of the adventure, the way Bilbo changed, how backstory is told, and character

J.R.R. Tolkien is a writing superhero who has created a vast world that can be compared and contrasted. One interesting fact about J.R.R. Tolkien is that he knew at least 20 languages and made many of his own. Knowing and making many languages is what really solidified his way of writing, by doing so he created multiple languages that are used in both The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. To understand the differences between Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit is necessary to take a closer look at the theme, plot, and characters.

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.

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.

The book isn’t to terribly long and I actually wish it was longer. I have absolutely fallen in love with the way Tolkien writes. I love how descriptive he is and how he includes every little detail so that me, as the reader, is able to see a clear visual of what Tolkien is trying to describe. One of the reasons I also enjoyed this book so much is because I love books and I also love movies, and naturally I will read a book and want to watch the movie about it or vise-versa. I have grown up watching The Lord of the Rings and my family is a huge fan, but I haven’t been all that interested in reading the books until more recently. As I read The Hobbit I’ve had a very clear mental imagery from the movie of what was going on, and I believe that this is sort of cheating because my brain didn’t have to work as hard because I’ve already seen the movie. In some ways I don’t like that because I can’t make up how I want things to look, but in others I do because sometimes I have no idea how to mentally depict what is going

The thought that is running through all our heads when we are in English class is, can 't we just watch the movie? The answer is no, we can 't just watch the movie because the book has many major details that the movie does not include. For our age, reading the book will have a major impact on our life ahead, how we look at the world, and how we look at others. Some of us may be unhappy that we are reading the book and not just watching the movie, but we need to realize, that not only with The Hobbit but with all movies, they are vastly different from the books.