The Meeting Of The White Council

The Big Four: And Others of the Peace Conference, by Robert Lansing offers a firsthand perspective on what occurred during the Peace talks following the First World War. Robert Lansing primarily concentrates on the four biggest players during the Peace talks, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and Vittorio E. Orlando. Lansing’s report of these four men compromised three fourths of the entire book, leaving the rest of the book to the representatives of other States, such as Eleftherios Venizelos, Emir Feisul, Louis Botha, and Ignace Jan Paderewski. One of the most significant features of this book is that it offers a different perspective of the Peace talks because it is a look at how people viewed these Statesmen and their actions at that time.

The sense of danger increases and, once again, Bilbo thinks of home. Gandalf warns them that they are at the edge of the Wild and that they can stay with his friend Elrond in Rivendell. That is just the second way that steps outside of his comfort zone.

First of all Bilbo is adventurous. Before Gandalf came to his house Bilbo was a simple hobbit that had no intention of leaving his cozy hobbit hole to go on an adventure . For example, After the adventure Bilbo was pumped to go on an adventure but, before the adventure he wouldn’t even had thought of going even near the mountains.

First, after the dwarves or the “unexpected party” arrived they sang a song about an adventure that they would ask Bilbo to join and what it was about. The tone of the song was to persuade and inspire Bilbo to agree to go. For example the dwarves sand, “Far over the Misty Mountains cold.” This line was repeated multiple times in the song and caused Bilbo’s Tookish side to want to see the great mountains and go on an adventure. The poem’s content consisted of explaining the reasons to go on the adventure. They sung, “To win our harps and gold from him.” This explains that they must return to their ancestors’ land to win back the riches that were taken by Smaug. There also was a lot of rhyme in this song, Tolkien states the dwarves sing “Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the pale and enchanted gold.” This is a great example of rhyme the ending sounds of cold, old, and gold sound alike. The tone, content, and structure signal features about the dwarves. This song showed that the dwarves are very adventurous and brave. Since they must cross back over the dangerous,

Before realizing just how large of a journey was ahead of him, Gandalf, a well-known wizard, shows up on Bilbo’s doorstep looking for an adventure seeker. Gandalf seems to drag an unwilling Bilbo into the middle of this adventure as the burglar, or the

He was actually forced to go by Gandalf. Bilbo was not who you think would lead a risky adventure. In the first few chapters Bilbo is very fearful and not very brave. Some may argue that Bilbo is not brave and and although this is a good point it fails to account for the fact that he was willing to risk his life or even die just to go see Smaug.

In Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the passage, “And he turned his horse and rode down into the West,” tells us all we know about where Gandalf is headed to. This couldn’t be more different in The Desolation of Smaug. We see that Gandalf goes to an abandoned fortress called Dol Guldur, where he attempts to defeat an evil necromancer. This necromancer turns out to be an ancient evil that they have to defeat in order to prevent darkness from spreading. Why does this matter you ask? Not only does this distract from The Heroic Journey, but what it mainly does is makes the movie longer. This gave the director, Peter Jackson, a grand opportunity to cash in and make profit. This is only the first of my three points that connect to this, and my next one takes place after the company gets away from the

On their way they run into terrifying creatures...but one part that hit me the most is the part with Bilbo and Gollum. Bilbo used trickery to leave Gollum, using all sorts of riddles that really puzzle Gollum.As Bilbo was crawling away he found a ring, and that one little ring had help along the rest of the story as well. For example, at the castle Bilbo used brains, and bravery to sneak passed the guards. First he had to get the keys without waking the guard up. Second Bilbo had to let them out and heres where is brains kicked in, he locked the door back so that the guards would not have know how the dwarves got

Gandalf disappoints the company by teeling them that he must leave. However, he says that he’ll stay around long enough to help them find food and ponies to make it through Mirkwood, the last obsticle standing between them and the Lonely Mountain where Smaug resides. (Tolkien 125)

The most important character in the Hobbit is Bilbo Baggins. The hobbit who this whole story revolves around. Without Bilbo, this marvelous adventure never would have occurred. In the beginning of our story wizard Gandalf explains to the dwarves how they need Bilbo to succeed in this adventure they are about to embark on, “you asked me to find the fourteenth man for your expedition, and I choose Mr.Baggins. Just let anyone say I chose the wrong man or the wrong house, and you can stop at thirteen and have all the bad luck you like” (Tolkien pg.22). This means that if the dwarves do not want to have Bilbo alongside them on their journey, they do not have to, they will just suffer the consequences. Bilbo also made remarkable contributions to

Gandalf fast appears in the Lord of the Rings trilogy when he comes to Bilbo Baggins', Frodo's uncle, "eleventy-first" birthday. At this party, Gandalf reveals that he is a wizard by creating fireworks. After the birthday, Bilbo Baggins decides to leave Hobbiton, his home, and leave his magic ring, the one that grants invisibility, for his nephew Frodo. After this, we don't hear from Gandalf for 17 years, until he returns to Frodo with a chilling message. He owns the one ring, which has the power to control the world. Gandalf then suggests that Frodo travels to Rivendell, an elven city, where he can then form a group that can bring the ring to Mordor where it can be destroyed. Gandalf meets Frodo with Sam Gamgee and Peregrin Took in Rivendell

Gandalf is a powerful wizard, although he has a tendency to keep his powers and motives concealed, he is the true hero of the novel the hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Even though He is shrouded by mystery throughout the novel, he is always there when his group of 13 dwarfs and a hobbit face an impassable obstacle. I also consider him the true hero of the novel for he never seems to have anterior motives, although his motives are never explained in the novel. He never claims any gold after the endeavor he goes through and seems to gain little to nothing from this. Thus making Gandalf seem to only care about fighting evil and helping those in need.

After Bilbo and the dwarves had escaped, and noticed that Thorin was missing, they set out to continue their path and search for Thorin. On the other hand, Thorin waited for days and days to pass by. He wondered what had happened to the group, and if they had also been captured by the elves. He wondered if Bilbo was the one who was holding the group behind. “Why did I ever agree to bring the hobbit along my adventure? It is I who should be the one to decide, not Gandalf as it was my father’s kingdom. Why does Gandalf always act like the leader of this group? He isn't even with us!”, ranted Thorin. As the dwarves get captured by the elves, Bilbo figures that Thorin is also trapped in one of the cages. When he finds Thorin, Thorin hears Bilbo’s voice through the keyhole. This was when Bilbo explains everything to Thorin and comes up with a plan to

Obscure to Bilbo, Gandalf has known about his inconvenience and is en route to offer assistance.

Gandalf is not alone in his path for good though, seen when Gandalf is brought back after his battle with the Balrog. Some divine intervention must have occurred in order for that to happen. In addition, the scene is a demonstration of just how powerful Gandalf is that he was able to defeat this corrupted Maiar before him demanding that it “cannot pass!” (322). However, during the battle, Gandalf is pulled into the void with the Balrog. This is believed to be Gandalf’s demise, but he is returned to Middle Earth more powerful than ever as “Gandalf the White” (484), replacing Saruman in the Order. Some outside force had to have saved Gandalf and returned him. Gandalf also remembers more of his past and comes back enlightened, referring to