Gollum

away on an adventure of epic proportions. The group quests to recapture the dwarves ancestral home from the dragon Smaug. On their way to the mountain where the dragon lurks, Bilbo is faced with hungry trolls, villainous goblins, the dark creature Gollum, evil spiders,

himself to the dwarves, in this case leaving his comfort zone to become the “burglar”. This situation allows Bilbo to uncover the qualities he never knew he possessed. Other important examples of threshold guardians in The Hobbit are the goblins, Gollum, spiders of Mirkwood, wood elves and the dragon Smaug. The Herald In the Hero’s Journey, heralds are responsible for introducing the quest to the hero. Not only is Gandalf a mentor, but he is also the herald in The Hobbit. Without Gandalf, the story

adventure, when he escapes from Gollum, kills the spider that trapped him, and when he goes into the mountains by himself. Bilbo is progressing into a hero because of his escape from Gollum. For instance, even though Bilbo had on the ring that made him invisible it takes courage to follow a monster after they are hungry and angry about you. Plus every superhero has a super power, so the ring that he stole from Gollum could be his superpower. And since Gollum could not find his ring he rowed

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

fellowship journey to Amon Hen when Frodo breaks away from the fellowship. Frodo and Sam travel through Emyn Muil where they meet Gollum as he lead them the way. Frodo and Sam lead by Gollum travel to the Dead Marshes then to Ithilien where they are met by Faramir and led them to Henneth Annun. Faramir captures Gollum attempting to kill him but Frodo saves his life. Gollum lead them to Minas Morgul where Shelob tries to kill them (manage to paralyze Frodo). Then at Cirith Ungol Sam saves Frodo and enters

of a malevolent nature. Similarly, there are features about the Näcken (6), which too is a water spirit in Scandinavian mythology, which resemble Gollum the picture from the Finnish version of the book. One key feature that would bring me to comparing the Finnish version more to the Näcken than the Nøkken would be the more “human-like” appearance of Gollum and the presence of a wreath. In most depiction of the Nøkken, the creature would appear more alien than of this earth, whilst the Näcken would

Ring, and Sam, Frodo’s companion, conquer the uprisings of earth's surface which leads them to Mordor in order to destroy The Ring. Ensuring to continue forward, this quest requires a strong mind. Both Frodo and Sam must bring themselves to trust Gollum, who is constantly going through a self-vs-self battle. The use of courage may assist one to achieve such goals, and overall become a stronger person with a widespread source of integrity. People of the corrupt don’t truly understand the concept

(Bradley 77). There is a heroism thrust in Frodo’s lap and he accepts the task although he does not know the way (Tolkien 264). Samwise is committed to Frodo and to stay by his side. Their friendship grows stronger as they journey to Mordor. Although Gollum nearly drives the young heroes apart, Samwise never leaves or abandons his master. There is an evident heroic love as the entire fellowship respects Gandalf and commit to the task of destroying the Ring as a group. As the tide changes and Gandalf

confrontation with Gollum, who stands in Bilbo’s way to freedom out of the mountain even though Bilbo has a weapon and is invisible (The Hobbit 81). Tolkien’s use of Bilbo demonstrates Lancaster’s idea, “…fantasy is just escapism. But it's also about the search for truth and for our place in the world…” (9). Bilbo’s moral choice is difficult because of his desire to escape the mountain and the goblins. Bilbo has some clear advantages over Gollum, which would make it easy for him to kill Gollum. However, Bilbo

While looking for a way out, he encounters Gollum. Bilbo has to play a game with Gollum to get the way out, after Bilbo wins Gollum realizes that he can’t find his ring, or his “precious”. Bilbo runs away and while running away from Gollum, he slips the ring on and becomes invisible. After he realizes this, he follows Gollum almost all the way to the exit, where he then leaps right over Gollum, who was at a stop. Before he could get to the exit, the ring slipped off