J.R.R. Tolkien the Hobbit Essay

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

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

Eagles, ravens, shape-shifting bears and more, J.R.R. Tolkien captivates his readers with the help of animals. In the fantasy novel, The Hobbit, Tolkien writes to amuse readers with magic, adventures, and animals. Throughout the novel, Tolkien uses animals to help the group of adventurers such as eagles, an old raven, and a shape shifting bear. For example, Tolkien uses eagles to help save the group of adventurers when they were trapped in trees by wargs and goblins. The eagles swoop in and save

Good, Evil and Ethics in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Professor’s Comment: This student was very wise not to summarize Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The student’s primary intention was to describe the ethical themes that can be found in the book. The first part of this essay describes Tolkien's view on the nature of good and evil, while the second part deals with his ethics of individuals. Excellent work! Introduction The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien, has been called by some

Crumm2 Mrs Hooper Period 8 April 16th, 2015 Bilbo, the Unexpected Hero J.R.R. Tolkien is best knowing for his work in the series “Lord of the Rings”, which is held to be one of the best told modern day folklore. It consists of a world inhabited by mythical and supernatural beings. In his book “The Hobbit”, which is also taken place in this world, we meet our unlikely hero Bilbo Baggins. Hobbits are known not to be very adventurous. They live in comfort and do what is expected from

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s world renowned novel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, what can be inferred almost right from looking at the novel is that it’s mainly about rings or a single ring. This ring was said to have been owned by an extremely evil lord, Sauron, who wishes to use the ring’s immense power to enslave and control all of the land and people. The ring finds its way into the hands of a Hobbit who goes by Frodo Baggins, and the story basically unfolds from there. Tolkien mainly

catch him when he falls. This is vividly evident in The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. When Bilbo saved the dwarves from the castle of the Elvenking, their hope never flickered: they had faith in him. When the dwarves were trapped in the webs of the spiders, Bilbo showed leadership by taking charge and freeing them. Most important was likely when Bilbo ventured into the lair of a sleeping dragon to reclaim the lost treasures of the dwarves. Tolkien writes, “They all thought their own shares of the treasure

effect on Gollum and this is what he represents” (Thomson 52). Smeagol has been corrupted by the allure of the Ring into a selfish being, yet there is still a good part of him that wants to help the hobbits as he argues with himself saying, “But Smeagol said he would be very very good. Nice hobbbit!” (Tolkien 398). Gollum presents a very clear example of struggling between choosing what is right and wrong. An article analyzing morality within the Lord of the Rings states, “The pathos of Gollum’s internal

producers and directors idolize it and want to make a film of it. However these movie spinoffs often omit scenes or change scenes that were very important in the book. This is where the hobbit comes in. The Hobbit was written by J.R.R. Tolkien, and the movie was directed by Peter Jackson. In the story Bilbo is a hobbit from the shire that one day gets chosen by Gandalf (a magical wizard) to become a part of an adventure. He is called to be a burglar and to steal gold from a dragon that took from dwarves

consolation, the restoring of these desolations, as J.R.R. Tolkien says in his essay “On Fairy Stories,” “I would venture to assert that all complete fairy-stories must have [the Consolation of the Happy Ending]” (“On Fairy” 85). Throughout the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, specifically “Leaf by Niggle,” “Farmer Giles of Ham,” and The Hobbit, both desolations, and the restoration of them are central motifs. “Leaf by Niggle” is short story, written by Tolkien, about a painter who is obsessed with completing