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bestsellers if so loved now? Many critics say that The Lord of The Rings set the standard for all epic fantasy books written since it was published. This marvelous trilogy was published in 1954, after J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of this fantastic series, took 10 years to write it. Yet, Tolkien never expected his books to be such a success worldwide, even though the book her wrote right before, The Hobbit, was a major

R.R. Tolkien didn’t used Norse mythology as a backbone structure when writing The Hobbit in 1937, they would be without-a-doubt completely wrong. Many creatures were pulled straight from the Norse myths and thrown into his famous story, but did he use some of the Norse gods as structures for his characters as well? In the book The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, he states that Gandalf is seen almost as an “Odinic Wanderer”, comparing him to Odin the Allfather (Carpenter, C. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien). Rather

the evils of the world, how could an innocent little hobbit actually emerge as a character that has truly progressed for the better as most think? This brings us to the final impending question. Is there truly good in the world according to J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit? This idea of good in the world has often been explored within countless pieces of literature and has marked itself as a truly meaningful concept to be evaluated. The main questions spurring from this concept, which are often explored

Carranza 1 Stone Carranza Period 1 Cabrera, Philosophy Lit January 24, 2016 Portrayal of J.R.R. Tolkien Through His Novel J.R.R. Tolkien , a english writer, Philologist, professor, and C.S. Lewis a novelist, poet and essayist has written their works in a way that portrays one major theme throughout them all. The Literary work, The Fellowship of the Ring and the philosophical work, Lewis’s Problem of Evil contains a great connection that affects in our daily lives. With power comes greediness

In J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit, it is evident that the protagonist possesses the qualities of an underdog. Bilbo Baggins can be described as an underdog as he strives to prove he is able to overcome hardships and prevail. The role of the underdog resonates with the reader because they are enchanted by characters that overcome all types of adversity. In the case of Bilbo, it is his physical attributes along with his fear of the unknown that make him fall under the category of an underdog. He embarks

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Don't judge a book by its cover. This famous phrase can very well be applied to the hobbit a small human like creature that goes along with 13 dwarves and a wizard. The wizard, Gandalf, has total faith in the little hobbit knowing full well that when the time comes he will serve the dwarves quite well. He does this with the help of a ring that makes him invisible. He saves the dwarves from evil spiders that wish to eat them. Uses it to help them

among conventional and inconsistent fairy-tale dwarves, and got drawn into the edge of it - so that even Sauron the terrible peeped over the edge." -J.R.R Tolkien, letter to his publisher (quoted in Carpenter 1977, 182). The Hobbit started as little more than a bedtime story for Tolkien's children. Like most of his fellow academics, Tolkien viewed fantasy as limited to childhood. The result was a book written in a chatty, informal style that contrasts sharply with that of its serious successors

novel entails are, the calling of becoming a hero, the trails that shape a person’s character, and the helpers in a person’s life that shape a person to be able to reach their full potential. J.R.R. Tolkien uses this novel to express these everyday themes. The calling of a hero is one of themes that Tolkien expresses through the character Bilbo Baggins. A hero is directly defined as “a person who is admired for great or brave acts of fine qualities.” Fine qualities can consist of things such as strength

Humbert. Humbert tells people that the only way to grow and transform is by trying new things. One example of the path is the hero’s journey, which is a procedure of events that lead to a change in a person. This is what happens to the hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien establishes in his fantasy novel, The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins is a well-to-do hobbit that is not keen on adventure and enjoys the comfort and safety of his home. Bilbo is just an ordinary hobbit living peacefully under the hill in his hobbit- hole until

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien is in my opinion the greatest adventure novel ever written. This strong positive reaction is garnered from my own personal experiences and the beautiful artistry of the book itself. A rainbow of characters blended together into an epic of intrigue, greed, bravery and camaraderie never fails to excite me. The main character, Bilbo, is expertly introduced and portrayed as your everyday peace-loving, humble person who is suddenly thrust into a life changing journey. The foreign