J.R.R. Tolkien the Hobbit Essay

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    experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” In my essay, I will be writing about Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, Tom Bombadil, Bilbo Baggins, and Gollum (Smeagol). In Fellowship of the ring, J.R.R Tolkien demonstrates the power of internal strength through many characters, and shows how it helps them overcome corruption by providing them with the strength they need to persevere despite obstacles. In Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo was the only character

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    The Hobbit was written on September 21 1937 by J.R.R. Tolkien about 36 years after the Victorian era but the portages Bilbo Baggins was highly influenced by that era. The Victorian era had dramatically change England and was when most people started to change the ways they looked at everyday life. Wanted to invented things that would be everything in life much simpler, easier but also lazy. It reflects how our new generation is now with all the new technology to advance our people to easier but yet

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    In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit, this was the start to his rise in literature with many best sellers and movies based on his bestselling books. He was won many awards for his work including the “International Fantasy Award for Fiction” for the Lord of the Rings novel in 1957. He was well known in the writing community for his achievements on the Lord of the Rings as well as in poetry. In order to comprehend Tolkien you must first analyze his early life, his works, and how the world around

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    The Hobbit” which is a piece of prose, written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo has changed as a character throughout the whole story. He starts off very neat and clean, but changes throughout the journey. Bilbo is a short, fat and introverted hobbit, who doesn’t like to leave his hobbit hole. In the beginning, Bilbo has no reason or wanting to go on an adventure, but that drastically changes through the chapters. Bilbo repeatedly said that he wished he was at his hobbit hole. He forgot stuff at the hobbit

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    the tone and gives the reader an idea for whether or not the story is worth finishing. Perhaps equally important is the ending of a novel, as it determines the final feelings the book leaves the reader with. A bad ending can often ruin a good book. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy has an extensive prologue, which acts an exposition for the novel and an outline for many introductory aspects. This chapter contains four different sections which at first glance seem as though they might have

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    Nature in Tolkien's Writing Essays

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    Tolkien’s major works, be it The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, or The Lord of the Rings, one cannot help but notice the amount of attention that is given to nature. There are numerous details given to describe each location, each character, even each tree. Tolkien did not claim to be an environmentalist, but by spending so much time in his books explaining the importance of nature, it is hard to say that he did not care about it. About the fantasy world that Tolkien recreated, Sherry Turkle argues, “The

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    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

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    The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey is one of the highest grossing films of all time, telling the story of The Hobbit, crafted by J.R.R. Tolkien three-quarters of a century earlier. What makes this story so popular, even today? There are certain aspects of literature that outline a novel as fantasy and The Hobbit is an exemplary case. The most attractive elements of The Hobbit are its moral universe and how it pertains to the ordinary hero within Bilbo Baggins. The moral universe is what defines the

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    The Comparative Humanity of The Hobbit and The Devil and Miss Prym There is no greater fight than the fight against humanity, as presented by the classics of J.R.R Tolkien's’ The Hobbit and Paulo Coelho's The Devil and Miss Prym. In The Hobbit, a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins must travel across Middle Earth to help a clan of dwarves reclaim their homeland, and defeat the dragon known as Smaug the Terrible (Tolkien 20). In The Devil and Miss Prym, another soul must travel across the world to an unknown

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    destination.” In The Hobbit or There and Back Again, Bilbo Baggins departs on an expedition which leads him to Smaug. The author, J.R.R Tolkien uses craft moves like inner thinking and symbolism to represent key ideas throughout the book. In beginning of the story, the symbol bag-end is used as a symbol of comfort for Bilbo. Bag-end is known as the cozy, relaxing place Bilbo is used to being. The author uses description to describe Bag-end, “In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty dirty

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