Write An Essay About Bilbo's Life

In 1949, Joseph Campbell discussed the hero’s journey, the foundation commonly used in stories throughout history. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the hero’s journey narrative is used to tell the story of Bilbo Baggins’s adventure. The novel follows Bilbo Baggins and a company of dwarves as they seek to take back the dwarves’ fallen kingdom. As the story progresses, Bilbo’s character develops and the dwarves perception of him develops through the many trials before the death of Smaug the dragon and the final battle between a variety of mythical creatures. In The Hobbit, the dwarves originally doubt Bilbo’s abilities but as Bilbo encounters more obstacles and succeeds, the dwarves perception turns to one of respect and admiration.

After being crushed with deep sorrow over the death of his beloved Ligeia, the narrator moves into a decaying abbey to leave behind his lonesome house. Although he leaves the exterior of the house untouched, the narrator decorates the interior with strange but lavish furniture. “The furnishings take on the shapes and colors of his fantastic dreams” as he attempts to cope with his loss (Kincheloe). This supports the idea that the narrator would rather live in his own colorful fantasy (like the inside of his house), than engage in the dark reality (as represented by the outside of the house). Losing Ligeia meant the narrator lost his fulfillment in life; which is why his reality is now gloomy and undesirable. Not only does is the furniture an example of dream imagery, the walls of the desolate house also have a dream effect. The moving images on the walls cause the house itself to seem restless and alive. The narrator imagines this because it represents himself; always on the edge of monstrosity with each changing mood. As he hallucinates on opium, his sense of reality and fantasy is put together as one. With each furnishing, a looming memory of Ligeia haunts him as he reminances her during his opium dreams.

Many of us 7th graders think of a hero as something that has super powers. That is not always what a hero is, they could be the protagonist in a book. A hero that means a lot to me is Bilbo. Bilbo is the protagonist in the book "The Hobbit". This book is one of my favorite and I really enjoy reading it. The book is a very challenging but enjoyable at the same time. The hero's journey is the path or route that a main character takes in a book to become a savior or hero at the end of the book.

A Hero’s Journey The hero whom I have chose for this assignment is Bilbo Baggins. Although he doesn’t look brave at first through his journey his courage shows later on. His journey alines with that of a hero’s journey. Stage one is the Departure; within the departure there are three parts “An unusual Birth/ Early Childhood,” “The call to Adventure,” and “Crossing the threshold.”

In the fantasy novel The Hobbit, by J.R. Tolkien there are a lot of obstacles the character Bilbo Baggins has to confront. Throughout the book Bilbo seems to take on different challenges, which allow him to mature faster in a way that the Shire would not allow. In the Shire, Bilbo was just a normal hobbit who minded his own business and was never late for dinner. But after Gandalf and the dwarves came knocking on his door, his whole life seemed to change in an instant and it kept changing in a way that Bilbo had no control over. The farther that Bilbo moved through this journey the more he opened up to the world. At the shire Bilbo could have been considered a child in some ways because, he knew of no evil that existed outside of his world

“I wish I could be a hero!” Many adults in today’s society hear small children wishing they could become heroes. Children wish to be more like heroes for the reason that heroes are the type of people who risk their lives to help others. Throughout history, children have had a positive connotation with the word “hero.” The heroes many small children talk about are the fictional ones who protect cities from villains: Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and others. However, these are not the only types of heroes in today’s world. Firefighters and policemen are also considered heroes because they save the lives of those in danger. Many adults consider their inspirations to be heroes, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin

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.

The uniform wickedness demonstrated by the goblins in Chapter 4 affirms the connection between race and moral tendencies in Tolkien’s fantasy world. The different races of Middle-Earth possess specific moral characteristics, so that goblins, who are infamous for their ability to make cruel weapons and instruments of torture, are evil, and elves are good. There are no exceptions. The races of Middle-Earth also possess qualities that have little direct bearing on their overall moral standing. Hobbits love food, for instance, and dwarves love gold. Again, there are no exceptions. Bilbo seems to be the only one capable of making complex moral choices that test the boundaries of his

In the beginning of the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins was content with living in his hobbit-hole. Bilbo was materialistic, almost returning home at the start of the

Have you ever changed in your life for the better? Well, in the novel, The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, there is a main character named Bilbo Baggins who is a hobbit. Bilbo changes throughout the story because he is a dynamic character. He becomes courageous, adventurous, and learns to use his wits as the story develops. Let me go into further detail with this.

As seen in many monster stories throughout history, such as Bisclavret and Beowulf, monsters also live in isolation. Bilbo is no different. Hobbits are inherently known to remain in the confines of their homes at all costs, as it provides a sense of comfort and security, similar to the role the woods play for Bisclavret. Tolkien describes, on page 4, how Bilbo’s parents settled in their “hobbit-hole” and remained there until their deaths, which is also where Bilbo continues to live (pg 4-5). Even after begins his journey alongside the dwarves, he longs to sit in his home by the fire. In addition to being isolated homebodies, Hobbit’s are very fond of food. It is said that Hobbits are “inclined to be fat in the stomach” (pg 4). Their gluttonous tendencies plague Bilbo through his travels as he constantly dreams of food. The outward appearance of Bilbo and his need to live and eat separate from the world provides for a surface level analysis of Bilbo Baggins as one of the monsters of The Hobbit.

Hobbits are little people, half our height, and smaller than bearded dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. Hobbits are inclined to be fat in the stomach. They dress in bright colors (chiefly green and yellow). They wear no shoes. Also has thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads. Hobbits have deep fruity laughs. Old Took was head of the hobbits who lived across the water, the small river that ran at the foot of The Hill. The Took family were not as respectable as the Baggins, but were richer. Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit. He lived in a hobbit hole built by his father. Bilbo was the only son. Bilbo had different cloths. He never had any adventures. Also Belladonna was Bilbo’s mother. Old Took also had different cloths. Bilbo’s mother was

Many science fiction fantasy novels have a hero or heroine. In J.R.R Tolkien’s novel the hobbit Bilbo Baggins is a hero, Even though he finds a ring of invisibility that allows him to preform surprising feats. Some of his acts of heroism are when Bilbo make his first attempt at burglary when he steals from the trolls, when he creates a plan to free his friends from the ElvenKing and follows it through and when he goes down to visit Smaug for the first time to fulfill a promise.

As children develop into adults, certain events and time periods stand out as the reason for important changes in their character. J.R.R. Tolkien portrayed the main character of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, as a child on his trip into adulthood. Throughout The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist, changes from a childlike hobbit to a fully matured hero. J.R.R. Tolkien divides the change in Bilbo's character into the three major part of the book, prior to the quest, during the quest, and after the quest.

Overall, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was a highly entertaining, action packed, excitement filled novel with interesting characters as well as a intriguing story line. Although these factors made it a good book, The Hobbit can’t make it into my top ten read books list. It is not that it was a bad novel or I didn’t liked it but the boring - and rather long - interludes, lengthened the book, made it hard to read, and caused me to drift to different thoughts. In addition, The Hobbit’s word choice was difficult to navigate because it was published in 1937 which used very different language than modern day society does. The mythology and magic in the story also grabbed my attention and made The Hobbit rather exciting.