What can a story teach us about life? Some stories are considered to distract us from reality and bring us into a world of freedom. The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien is thought by some to be a piece of literature that is represented as an escapist story. But yet, the novel teaches the reader many valuable life lessons that can benefit our personal lives. Many of the characters go through changes in the story that end up changing the way they look at life, the characters themselves create emotional distress among each other and how the individual self actions change who they are. The Hobbit isn't just a fantasy story for fun, it teaches us the morals of life and interactions with people.
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Persuasion. Persuasion is the key to getting to where you need to go or what you need. Bilbo uses it to free himself from golem when he was in the cave. Not only does he use persuasion he uses his guts. Bilbo goes against what he has always believed in for the good of others and mainly himself. When the dwarves got taken by the spiders and Bilbo freed them he made a bold move all by himself. Tolkien is trying to tell us that in life you need to go with your gut and do what needs to be done. Bilbo didnt have to save them but he did. If your friends were trapped in a spider web would you go help them? Of course you would. The message is that you can't be afraid to do things because if you don't you will regret it.
The hobbit is a story about adventure and bravery. Bilbo experiences many things that changes his life.Many of the characters go through changes in the story that end up changing the way they look at life just when Bilbo was given the opportunity to go on the quest and he did. The characters themselves create emotional distress just like when Thorin died. The most important thing that happened was the character's own choice. The hobbit just isn't a fantasy that means nothing, it is a story that divines what a person should be. Bilbo acts strong with all of hurdles that he endures and that what life's
One important trait of being a brave person is by having courage. When a person has courage, that person will go out of there comfort zone and be brave enough to risk their life for you. This trait is very crucial to have, because if you're not willing to have the courage to be brave, then you're not even being brave in the first place. In The Hobbit, bilbo doesn't have to be here. He could have said no when the dwarves asked him to come. But bilbo had the courage to go and be a brave person and to fight all of the challenges along the way. Bilbo does not only be brave and go along with them, but he also has the courage to be the leader of the group. Putting his life before others. “Bilbo, however, soon slipped away to a different place. The idea came to him to lead the furious spiders away from the dwarves,” (J.R.R.Tolkien 159). Bilbo's idea is very
This is Bilbo’s acceptance of the adventure. Next Bilbo got help from a supernatural aid; a ring. He came across the ring underground in the Goblins territory right before he encountered Gollum. The ring turned out to be Gollum’s and was very important to him, but still Bilbo took it for himself; and that was a smart idea, as it became quite a useful tool throughout his journey. With it he escaped Gollum’s lair; “Gollum was defeated. He dared go no further. He had lost : lost his prey, and lost, too, the only thing he had ever cared about, his precious” (Tolkien 87). The ring helped Bilbo escape the goblins, who Bilbo encountered shortly after fleeing from Gollum. The ring also helped Bilbo escape from the treacherous spiders he and the dwarves came across later on in the story. Finally, Bilbo crossed the threshold, or in other worlds, left the old world behind. The morning after the dwarves had convinced Bilbo to join them, Bilbo found his house trashed, but the dwarves gone. So he assumed they went on without him. Ten minutes before he was due at the Green Dragon Inn, Gandalf appeared at his house informing him that they were all waiting for him to arrive. Flustered, Bilbo was shoved out of his house towards the Inn, without
Bilbo is a timid, comfortable, and compact in his secure little hole at Bag End. Gandalf persuaded him into going on a quest with Thorin’s dwarves. Bilbo became afraid that he fainted. As the novel progresses, Bilbo prevails in the face of danger and adversity, justifying Gandalf’s early claim that there is more to him than what he thought. Bilbo’s journey fits into the tradition of a hero’s quest, because he basically went somewhere in order to gain something.
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.
The Hobbit is a piece of prose written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is a story about a young hobbit who is faced with the quest to come along and help beat Smaug, the dragon who stole the dwarves home. Bilbo, who is more cowardly, wanted to say no but didn't, and he agreed to come on the quest to get the dwarves' land back in return for a bit of treasure. As they go on their quest, they are faced with many dangers and problems, even after Gandalf the wizard leaves them midway through the journey. The book displays Bilbo as a timid and small creature who doesn’t have much confidence in himself, but as the chapters progress, he becomes more outgoing as he learns to defend himself.
“He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach” (Tolkien 156); J.R.R Tolkien acknowledges after Bilbo kills a giant spider by himself. Not long ago, Bilbo was a reserved, respectable Hobbit sitting in the quiet comfort of his secluded home. Throughout The Hobbit, Bilbo conquers his inner conflicts such as harmonizing his Took and Baggins side, resisting temptation of comfort, and choosing the greater good over his own wellbeing. He enters a series of womb-like spaces where he faces danger and subsequent fear that he is forced to overcome in order to move forward. Making new friends, public speaking, and applying for a job are all crucial parts of life.
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
Bilbo uncovers things about himself that he didn't even know possibly existed within him. In the cliché theme of 'good versus evil', Bilbo, without question, automatically jumps to the 'good' side. In his character, there are no uncertain borders, as there are in the temperaments of the dwarves. From the beginning to the end he stays an honourable and honest hobbit,
By putting his life in danger Bilbo shows a true example of heroism. Though the dwarves were still skeptical of his abilities, they were starting to take into consideration of what Gandalf had said about this little hobbit. Continuing their adventure the group is attacked by goblins where they are eventually saved by Gandalf. Throughout the turmoil of the attacking goblins Bilbo gets lost in the caves and finds himself alone in the darkness. It is in this event when Bilbo finds Gollum’s ring. Gollum was a sickly looking creature that had been dwelling in the caves for many years. Bilbo used his wits to outsmart the creature by playing a riddle game with him and eventually made it to safety. Having Bilbo win the riddle game shows that his smart and witty mind aids him in becoming the hero. Bilbo wasn’t some tough strong stereotypical super hero, he used his smarts to outwit his foes and to triumph over evil. Though Bilbo at the time did not know the power of the ring that he had retrieved from Gollum’s lair (the power of invisibility), it was his heroic fate that he found it as it assist him in becoming the hero of the story. Fate has it that Bilbo will become a hero, but Bilbo also has the courage on top of his fate to get the dwarves out of life threatening situations.
Not only does the portrayal of Bilbo’s character and underlying courage convey his heroism, but so does his sense of ethics. This is what truly makes him a unique, caring hero. While a typical hero’s motive is wealth and fame, Bilbo gave up his share of the dwarves’ treasure to help avoid war between two nations that severely despise one another (the elf and dwarf kingdoms). The fact that he was willing to give up his wealth to avoid war and for the good of other people marks a significant aspect of his heroism and explains why he is “more worthy to wear the armor of elf-princes than many that have
The only thing a reader needs to know about how Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of The Hobbit feels about adventures, is that “We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures”, which is much the same as any other hobbit (4). First of all, it should be known what hobbits are and how Bilbo acted like a stereotypical hobbit in the beginning. Hobbits are humanoid creature who shorter than humans, but have a longer life span than a human. They typically like a rather quiet and peaceful life along with smoking and blowing smoke rings. This was why the wizard, Gandalf is generally disliked for “so many quiet lads and lasses going off into the Blue for mad adventures” (5-6). Second of all, it should be noted that Bilbo is in fact not some flat chapter, but has been raised to
Gandalf’s promise had been proven true, and Bilbo had shown beyond doubt that he had something special about him. This event had transformed the innocent hobbit into a clever being and also had created trust for Bilbo among the company, since the dwarves could rely on the hobbit to save their lives due to his excellent burglary.
Bilbo forgot about the dangers, about his old home, about his rewards, he just wanted to help, and the fearless Bilbo was brought out of him. Courage is a hard thing for a person to acquire, but can be obtained by their achievements and failures.
Following his discovery of the ring, Bilbo begins to face danger (Mathews 36). During the trip in the forest of Mirkwood, Bilbo uses Gandalf's absence to confirm his position as leader of the group through the memorable battle against the spiders (Mathews 38). Tolkien illustrates the importance of this combat through his words: "Somehow, the killing this giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt like a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath. I will give you a name', he said to it, and I shall call you Sting.'" The author thus stresses the importance of this incident (Tolkien 154). The naming of swords at that time was a sign of that heroism displayed by great warriors, and shows that Bilbo is gaining self-confidence and bravery (The 1924). The escape from the spiders brought about another challenge, the escape from the elves. Although the elves would most likely have released their prisoners after some time because of their natural righteousness, a delay would have prevented the dwarves from entering the mountain through the secret passage. Bilbo proves that he has the mental toughness of a hero by using brilliant strategy to enable his friends to escape unnoticed by the elves (Tolkien
The Hobbit directed by Peter Jackson is a movie that lets you see how the underdog goes from being small and not noticed to becoming the hero that will bring back hope and save the day. Everyone likes a good underdog story and I for one think that The Hobbit is a perfect example of it. Throughout this movie, it slowly makes the main character Bilbo Baggins more of the light in dark and makes him become more hero like with each passing event. Throughout this movie, the tone helps to bring out the inner heroism and light in Bilbo. In the start of the movie, Bilbo gets 13 uninvited guests that show up and ask him to join them on their mission to take back their home, the Lonely Mountain. This is a very powerful scene with a very serious underlying tone to it. The scene starts off with playful banter and fun throughout the 12 dwarfs but when Thorin Oakenshield arrives the mood gets very serious by how the music changes and the interaction between characters. The music was a big hint in the serious tone since it went from more upbeat and energetic to a softer volume and slowed down a bit. The characters interactions are still friendly with each other but when confronting Bilbo they get more focused. The body language is also stiffer and less carefree when the call for help is talked about. Another scene is where Bilbo's ability to bring out some hope is when the Company has to get back there ponies from 3 mountain trolls. During this scene Bilbo has to bite back is fear of the