... burglar be a hero? J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit," thinks so. In "The Hobbit," Bilbo Baggins is introduced as an ordinary hobbit who lives just as any hobbit would; in his hobbit hole. Later after a visit from Gandalf, a group of dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield presents a plan to retake the lonely mountain from the evil dragon, Smaug. During this adventure, Bilbo Baggins is ... When Gollum and Bilbo challenged each other's wits in riddling, Bilbo was very calm and smart beating Gollum, handling the situation bravely. In conclusion, Bilbo Baggins is indeed a hero and did heroic...

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... the book, The Hobbit. The earliest publication of this book was in 1937. The Hobbit, once again, was a great book to read. One of the reasons why I like, The Hobbit, and all of the other J.R.R. Tolkien books, is because of the interesting plot the story has. Also, I enjoyed the way Tolkien describes and develops the characters in The Hobbit. Another large and unmistakable literary element portrayed in The Hobbit is conflict. Lets look at the plot of the book first. The ... plot in The Hobbit is immensely interesting and exciting. Basically, a firedrake dragon ... ...

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... as a reminder of what to do when a situation forms. "Many soldiers drew great comfort from comparing themselves to Christian in The Pilgrim's Progress. In the same way, many characters in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have a thorough grounding in the songs and legends of Middle-Earth, and can draw consolation from past events with which they feel connected" (Croft). Tolkien ... this for "his use of the Great Eagles as epic machinery" (Hartley). Multiple times in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the eagles saved the characters and carried them to their next destination. For a...

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... It is rare that a writer can forge this link between realty and imagination, but those who do create something wonderful, which captivates the minds and of readers for years to come. J.R.R. Tolkein is one such author, and his novel The Hobbit, is certainly one such work. Though he created a land of High Fantasy, Tolkein managed to preserve that all important link that ... becomes less of a character and more of a real being, and it is through Bilbo that The Hobbit is less of a whimsical fairy tale, and more of a High Fantasy with the affinity of an Epic. In a reader's mind the most neces...

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... books. Tolkien, whether by mistake or purposely, seems to relate the adventures and acts of his characters Bilbo and Gandalf closely to the acts of Christ in the Bible. In the "The Hobbit", Bilbo often acted as Jesus would in the Bible. Confronted with the possession of the evil Ring of power, Bilbo was often tempted to use the Ring in excess and for wrong reasons. Also, one of Bilbo ... 's descendants, Frodo, was burdened with the temptation of the Ring. Frodo knew of the power that the Ring held and knew ... creates what is called "secondary belief." Knowing that an imaginary world mu...

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... It is rare that a writer can forge this link between realty and imagination, but those who do create something wonderful, which captivates the minds and of readers for years to come. J.R.R. Tolkein is one such author, and his novel The Hobbit, is certainly one such work. Though he created a land of High Fantasy, Tolkein managed to preserve that all important link that ... becomes less of a character and more of a real being, and it is through Bilbo that The Hobbit is less of a whimsical fairy tale, and more of a High Fantasy with the affinity of an Epic. In a reader's mind the most neces...

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... very much recognition in his lifetime, Tolkien is now being recognized due to the success of a trilogy of books he authored, The Lord of the Rings. In The Hobbit, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tolkien introduces to the reader a fictional world with vividly described creatures and places. The Hobbit starts when a wizard named Gandalf summons a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins to go on an adventure with a troop of dwarves ... to team up against the goblins. The two sides engage in a large battle, which the goblins eventually lose. The book ends as the treasure is divided among the...

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... 1. Thorin's Purposes: It appears to me that most people who have read The Hobbit might think the whole purpose for the journey was to get gold and become rich. I think that was only part of its purpose. To Thorin, the Arkenstone was the piece of treasure that mattered most. It had been passed down through many generations of his ancestors and it seems to me that ... that he felt like he was cleansing the community of evil and darkness. I also think he was trying to honor his ancestors by taking charge of his fellow dwarves and wearing the ancient armor that was left in the mountain for ...

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"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," as J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in The Hobbit. How did Tolkien conceive such an unlikely and unique creature? This creature resembles all the good of man, without his evil vices. One should never discount hobbits for their stature or peaceful nature for they are quite capable of herculean tasks when they set their ... in World War I he met other privates who he used to create a devoted and strong willed Sam Gamgee. The burden of the One Ring was massive and could change a man's thoughts toward greed and anguish. For a hobbit of such tiny stature to tru...

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... is not an uncommon concept in modern literature, and the biblical allegory is unmistakable. The image of one creature bearing another's burden of destiny is endearingly human. At that moment, Sam the hobbit became human. As a test of his humanity, Sam almost falls under the temptation of the Ring. Its lure becomes greater as he nears the Lake of Fire, but Sam is triumphant because of his ... based on those concepts. However, Tolkien claims to have incorporated those to make The Lord of the Rings universally applicable. Nevertheless, it turns out to be an allegory of human life, so convi...

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... world full of monsters, demons, and danger, as well as a world of friends, fairies, and adventure. Imagine finding a little hole in this world and out pops a hobbit. A hobbit? What exactly is a hobbit? This same question ponders the mind of author and scholar John Ruele Tolkien and allows him to create this world of Middle-Earth. J.R.R. Tolkien is a brilliant man with unlimited imagination and fantasy ... . He writes The Lord of the Rings as an aged man with much experience and knowledge. Certainly reality around him helps shape this epic. The culture and the time period ... be read lit...

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... create an entire written language called "Qenya" witch is spoken by the elves. The Fellowship of the Ring was written as the first of three books made to be sequals of the book Hobbit. Tolkien thought the Hobbit would appeal to children, and was published as a children's book. The Fellowship of the Ring starts in the Shire (in Hobbiton where the hobbits live). During the first few chapters it introduces characters not in ... Hobbit such as Frodo, Pippen (Paragrin), Mary (Maridock), and Sam (Samwise) who are all hobbits. Later more main characters come ... ...

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... novel The Lord of the Rings' ( The Fellowship of the Ring', The Two Towers' and The Return of the King'), J. R. R. Tolkien uses his unique use of language to tell the story of the One Ring and more importantly; the theme of change, both in the setting and the characters. The novel contains excitement, danger, humour and even romance making it an outstanding example of modern literature. The Lord of the Rings' began as a sequel to The Hobbit ... Middle-Earth), it has been likened to Wagner's The Ring of the Nieblung' and has in itself inspired many books, films and even music. The Lord o...

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... kind and would love to have anyone to tea any day. Bilbo also shows the reader that he will always be delighted to have company any time. Tolkien was telling the reader that Bilbo loved having tea because that was the kind of hobbit he was, laid back and enjoyed life. "Bilbo knew his role on this ... journey was to be the burglar of the bunch." Tolkien was giving a hint to the reader that it took Bilbo sometime to get enough ... courage in him to pick pocket one of the gigantic trolls. Tolkien was showing the reader that ... Bilbo knew that he had to do something burglar type to show ...

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... kind and would love to have anyone to tea any day. Bilbo also shows the reader that he will always be delighted to have company any time. Tolkien was telling the reader that Bilbo loved having tea because that was the kind of hobbit he was, laid back and enjoyed life. "Bilbo knew his role on this ... journey was to be the burglar of the bunch." Tolkien was giving a hint to the reader that it took Bilbo sometime to get enough ... courage in him to pick pocket one of the gigantic trolls. Tolkien was showing the reader that ... Bilbo knew that he had to do something burglar type to show ...

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... of his name seems to come from Beowulf. There is mention of the graceful Freawara, who is the young bride to be of Ingeld son of King Froda. Another name that Tolkien took from the Old English language was the word hobbit. This title comes from the Old English language hole dweller referred to a holbytla." 8 in this old language. Besides grabbing names from Old English, Tolkien ... also used many other simililarities . Nevertheless, Frodo, who possesses all the qualities necessary of a quest hero: courage and loyalty, has an ... In conclusion, Tolkien moved many readers with his imagi...

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... intentionally or unintentionally, seemed to correlate the travels of Bilbo and Gandalf to the acts of Christ in the Bible. In The Hobbit, Bilbo acted as Jesus would in the Bible. Confronted with the evil Ring of Power, Bilbo was often tempted to use the Ring in excess and for the wrong reasons; however, the hobbit, both valiant and motivated, never gave into the evil power. This scenario relates directly ... to Jesus resistance of the temptation of the Satan in the desert in ... called a "secondary belief." "Knowing that an imaginary world must be realistically equipped down to the last ...

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... Together they had four children. Also in 1916 Tolkien joined the British Army. Being in the army, Tolkien was called off to fight in World War One (Bloom 165). I believe that Tolkien modeled "The Hobbit" and the epic series, "The Lord of the Rings" after the world events over the next several years of his life. "The Hobbit's trolls, goblins (orcs), spiders and dragon know nothing of ... there were two main opposing forces. The Allies were made up of France, Britain, Russia, and The United States. The central powers were made up of Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Turkey. The main causes of...

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... over his somewhat subdued manner (Tolkien 3). The novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tokien follows Joseph Campbell's depiction of a hero as written in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces from Bilbo's initial refusal to go on the adventure to his final gift to the dwarves. The beginning of The Hobbit reads as it should according to the pattern of the Campbellian hero. Bilbo is "called to adventure ... initially as a "children's book" (Matthews 1). The reason that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit as a children's book originally was because fantasy was not accepted in true literature (Green 4-6). Of c...

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... to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie(Tolkien)." Master of storytelling J. R. R. Tolkien continues the lives of the fictitious creatures that he introduced in The Hobbit, in his modern classic The Fellowship of the Ring. He artfully illustrates the truths of the evil that plague the hearts of man. He tells a story of greed, destruction and ... he was accompanied by wizards and elves in search of rumored treasures. The One Ring that plays a major role in The Fellowship of the Ring was the fruit of Bilbo's strug...

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... first, Tolkien applied himself only unwillingly to this task, but soon he was inspired, and what meant to be another book for children grew into The Lord of the Rings, truly a sequel to the Silmarillion than to the Hobbit. This huge story took twelve years to complete, and it was not published until Tolkien was approaching retirement. When it did reach print, its extraordinary ... 1973, leaving his great mythological van legendary cycle The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher. The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien is the first o...

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... first, Tolkien applied himself only unwillingly to this task, but soon he was inspired, and what meant to be another book for children grew into The Lord of the Rings, truly a sequel to the Silmarillion than to the Hobbit. This huge story took twelve years to complete, and it was not published until Tolkien was approaching retirement. When it did reach print, its extraordinary ... 1973, leaving his great mythological van legendary cycle The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher. The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien is the first o...

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... , deception, and mystery, and in doing so, provides an opportunity for the reader to develop a creative mind. Two examples of these fantasy novels are The Hobbit and The Neverending Story. The Hobbit revolves around the hero character Bilbo Baggins. However he did not show his hero personality until later on in the story. At the beginning, Bilbo was introduced as weak and defenseless. He kept to himself most ... of the time because the other hobbits in Hobbiton thought he was queer. "Still it ... fantasy novels is its ability to give the reader an opportunity to develop their minds. The ...

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... Susan Dagnall, an employee at a publishing firm. She asked Tolkien to finish the tale and eventually presented the entire story to the head of the publishing firm. The head of the firm tried the story out on his son, who gave great applause to Tolkiens" it. This tale was published as The Hobbit in 1937. It was an immediate success and has never been off of children ... 's reading lists since. (Rogers 6) The Hobbit was so popular, the publisher demanded a follow up. Tolkien worked slowly on what later became the Lord of the Rings series (Rogers 4). Work on this project took many years. Lo...

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... Susan Dagnall, an employee at a publishing firm. She asked Tolkien to finish the tale and eventually presented the entire story to the head of the publishing firm. The head of the firm tried the story out on his son, who gave great applause to Tolkiens" it. This tale was published as The Hobbit in 1937. It was an immediate success and has never been off of children ... 's reading lists since. (Rogers 6) The Hobbit was so popular, the publisher demanded a follow up. Tolkien worked slowly on what later became the Lord of the Rings series (Rogers 4). Work on this project took many years. Lo...

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