In J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”, Bilbo Baggins proves himself as a much inspiring main character. He helps his newfound dwarf associates find and kill Smaug, “‘the dragon who settled on their mountain in a spout of flame’”(Tolkien 24). In these many travels, Bilbo lets the adventurous, or “Tookish”, side of him show. In doing so, he saves his friends and himself many times. He realizes how much he can do and how he has become a hero throughout the journey to his dwarfish friends and others. 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 …show more content…
The troubles are much less going home because the goblins are defeated, so they don’t have to worry about going through the Mirkwood Forest again to avoid them. They stop during midwinter at Beorn’s house, a big shapeshifting man who helped them on their way into the Mirkwood Forest and at the Battle of the Five Armies. They stay there a while and enjoy his company until spring, when they return to their journey. Once he and Gandalf caught sight of Bilbo’s house, they are shocked. People came in and out, auctioning off all of Bilbo’s property. “In short Bilbo was “Presumed Dead”, and not everybody that said so was sorry to find the presumption wrong”(Tolkien 303). He manages to acquire his items back, but not without the struggle of having to pay for most of them. So sometime later, Bilbo Baggins is happily settled in his home again, and enjoyed life to the end of his days. Bilbo Baggins was a hero to many by the end of his journey, and this is the of the theme of the book. He has an adventure waiting, he embraces it, and he comes home as a different person. This happens to many people every day. Maybe their adventures aren’t as exciting with tales of dragons and mounds of treasures to be found, but nonetheless they achieve a goal and come home
One of the main themes of the Hobbit is Bravery/ Heroism .The novel begins with Bilbo being content who lives in a hobbit hole. Gandalf invites Bilbo on an adventure and Bilbo reluctantly agrees when he wants to embrace his adventurous “Took” side of his ancestry. Bilbo shows great courage and heroism fighting evil and overcoming challenges. An example would be that “The dwarves looked at Bilbo with quite a new respect ,when he talked about dodging the guards and jumping over Gollum and squeezing through as if it was not difficult or very alarming”. (pg. 93). This quote tells of the dwarves response to Bilbo telling them how he escaped goblins and a horrid creature named Gollum. This instance is significant because it is the first major act
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.
In The Hobbit, Bilbo goes from a cozy hobbit to a adventures hobbit. Bilbo may have been small for the adventure, but he had the biggest heart off them all. These three point show how Bilbo became a hero.
Bilbo Baggins goes from hobbit to hero in the book The Hobbit. Bilbo is labeled as such in his actions of finding weapons for the group. Bilbo shows himself superior to Thorin by rejecting greed and gladly giving up his share of the treasure to give the arkenstone to Bard .Bilbo is also a hero for overcoming his fears and going on a large scale adventure which is twenty times out of his comfort zone. In chapter two Bilbo finds the trolls secrete satch of bones and weapons.
The book “The Hobbit” is a great fantasy, with the protagonist being Bilbo Baggens. He did not like adventure, and he liked to live in a hobbit hole. But one day, when Gadalf the Gray came to Hobbiton and put a mark on his door, it changed his life. He was chosen to embark on a dangerous journey with a group of dwarves to reclaim their stolen treasure from the dragon Smaug. Little did he know that this adventure would not only test his courage and strength, but also reveal the true hero within him.
There is a hero in every story. This is the story of a small man who ends up on a journey and returns changed.. The protagonist of the story, Bilbo Baggins, undergoes a transformation that turns him into the unlikely hero of this story. Undergoing the process of becoming a hero, Bilbo emerges as a hero, more confident and competent than ever before. With each trial and tribulation, Bilbo develops more and more into the hero he becomes, but without losing sight of his true self. The process Bilbo goes through to become a hero is extensively explore in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
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.
Heroes are mostly described as strong, brave, and bold and popular. Bilbo Baggins in the beginning of the novel The Hobbit was no where close to any of those descriptions. Bilbo Baggins was a regular old hobbit with a routine and was not adventurous at all. Throughout the novel BIlbo begins to change and starts to develop some of those hero characteristics. To begin on his path from hobbit to hero Bilbo takes risk, is daring, and is selfless.
When Gandalf visits Bilbo he invited Bilbo to join him on an adventure, which Bilbo declines since he is deathly afraid of leaving his home. The next day he is visited by dwarves who believe that he can help them on their journey to Lonely Mountain to recover their ancestral treasure. The comments made by the Dwarves made Bilbo realize that Gandalf had said that Bilbo was a burglar. Bilbo eventually agrees to go, but then changes his mind the next morning, but eventually agrees to go again. After Bilbo, Gandalf, and the dwarves had been traveling for a while Bilbo starts to regret coming on the adventure as the landscape gets a lot more hostile. Shortly after this
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit living an ordinary life in his home of Hobbiton. Other people think his family in particular are not very exciting, “because they never had any adventures or did any-thing unexpected” (3). Except Bilbo does do something exciting. He goes on a very dangerous quest and avoids death. This proves he is a very brave individual. For instance, he shows his bravery when he must follow Gollum throughout the winding tunnels of the mountain in search of an exit. Bilbo finds himself
Though Bilbo is not the stereotypical hero, Tolkien prepares the readers for a heroic story of dragon slaying, plundering treasure, and fighting a war. Throughout Bilbo's journey, he is led to other paths that are less predictable, and the impression of Bilbo as a hero can seem less obvious, but his actions and choices are nevertheless magnificent. Clark states and claims that a traditional hero may slay a dragon as revenge for his ancestors to attain fame, honor, or and glory for his deeds, and may finally claim treasure for himself. Bilbo, however, selflessly gives up his share of the treasure and riches to those in need. Though at first glance it seems that wealth, fame, and fortune are the purpose behind this epic adventure, this is not what makes Bilbo the heroic character he becomes.
Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach” (Tolkien 141-142). This event has led to Bilbo beginning to believe in himself, which is an important contribution to his overall development into the hero of this tale. Finally, when Bilbo is met with the task of meeting the dragon Smaug, he does not turn back. Even when he must walk alone through the dark, secluded hallway to Smaug’s lair knowing that he could meet his doom at any instant, he walked on. His internal being knows this is his final test of courage, and his will to carry on demonstrates his final development into a hero.
Bilbo Baggins is a hero, even though he has some help along the way from his friends. He is courageous because he made his first attempt at burglary from trolls, he puts himself before others and frees his friends from the ElvenKing and he is brave and loyal when he goes down to visit Smaug for the first time to fulfill a promise. I hope I have proved Bilbo Baggins to be
Prior to the quest, Bilbo Baggins was a conservative, respectable and stubborn hobbit who lead a rich and comfortable life (Stephanie web). These characteristics, as well as safety and a dull existence, are typical of the Baggins