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    chapter Bilbo is lost in a cave and finds a ring that will later be shown as a ring of magic. But before he finds out that it is magic, he finds Gollum who challenges Bilbo into a game of riddles, and if Gollum wins he gets to eat Bilbo, but if Bilbo wins Gollum has to show him the way out. Bilbo who eventually wins demands the way out of the cave. But, Gollum who takes the loss bitterly, goes back to his island and tries to find his birthday present and kill Bilbo.

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    falling with Gollum was imperative to its destruction and the end of the quest. Frodo and Sam come to the last stage of their journey. They are at the bottom of mount doom and Frodo has become too weak to make it up the mountain. Sam sees his master struggling and makes the choice to carry Frodo up the rest of the way, even if it “breaks his back” (Tolkien, Return of the King 233). He knows he can’t carry the Ring itself to its destruction, but he can carry Frodo so he can destroy it. Gollum tries to

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    greedy, and wicked which often leads to taking advantage of your own resources. The author portrays evil in his book with two main antagonists, Gollum and Smaug whom he develops throughout the story to further establish and support his general definition of evil. Furthermore, Gollum and Smaug are two fiendish lonesome characters with shared traits of evil. Gollum, a small slimy creature, has been corrupted by evil after finding and becoming obsessed with a precious magical ring to the point where he

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    The Hobbit Analysis

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    When Bilbo feels pity for Gollum, and decides not to kill him, he takes risks, as leaping over Gollum may fail, causing Bilbo to fall prey to Gollum. In this situation, Bilbo pushes himself to spare Gollum and make daring decisions, where Bilbo is not aware of the consequences. Therefore Bilbo signifies risk-taking when sparing Gollum, despite the unpredictable consequences that result from his decisions. Lastly, Bilbo demonstrates

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    Bilbo: A Hero's Journey

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    Bilbo’s story is a story of a hero’s journey. From his origins we do not see that Bilbo likes to go on adventures. However, his mother’s side of the family got the best of him and he does decide to go on the adventure. We will look at his call to adventure and why he decided to go on the trip. Next, we will look at Bilbo and the weapons and supernatural help he used. The final aspect we’ll look at is Bilbo’s trials and transformations and goals during Tolkien’s The Hobbit. The call to adventure

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    Describe a character who was at war with him or herself much like Gollum/Sméagol displays in the video. a. In Fahrenheit 451, once Clarisse exposed the possibility that Montag may have born dissatisfaction with his life—the life he had tricked himself into believing was ideal—he experienced an internal struggle that manifested itself in what could be described as two conflicting personalities, much like those displayed by Gollum. On one hand, Montag kept his “mask” on, hoping that, if he kept up

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    overcome their problems and challenges that the characters are faced with. Throughout the Hobbit Bilbo overcomes problems that led him to succeed at what he is doing. “All at once there came a blood curdling screech , filled with hatred and despair. Gollum was defeated.” In this quote Bilbo defeats

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    of riddles in two different situations. These situations include Bilbo’s encounter with Gollum, in addition to Bilbo’s odd meeting with Smaug. Both scenes depict Bilbo utilizing riddles to think on his feet and escape problematic situations.

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    Heroism is found in folks of all shapes and sizes, under all surfaces no matter how cowardly they may seem. A wise wizard once said “Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) What is a hero you may ask? Most people would say that a hero is someone who does great deeds, vanquishes evil

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    something about High fantasy is Gollum, who is a strange small slimy creature who lives deep down by the dark water on a slimy island of rock in the middle of the lake. They were dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. After Gollum meets Bilbo Baggins. Gollum’s decided to play a riddle game with him, where Bilbo has no choice, but agree to play with him to get out of the mountains. After they start

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