... at his door until there are twelve of them. They them ask him to go on a quest with them, to find an incredible amount of treasure guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. They explain to him that it will be a long and dangerous journey to get to the treasure. After much persuasion Bilbo decides to go. Right from the beginning they encounter ... the cave. After searching for hours on end they finally find it. Since Bilbo can move the swiftest and most quietly they tell him to go find the dragon and search for a weak spot. Once he finds the dragon bilbo notices that he has armor made out of b...

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... to retrieve a large sum of money in the form of gold and jewelry which should belong to the dwarves, but was stolen by a mighty dragon before it could be passed down. In their quest to find this dragon, Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves must pass through forests frequented by troll, caves used by goblins, and other perilous places. All that they have ... the respect of the dwarves. The second part of the book begins when the troop finally finds the home of the dragon they seek. They manage to awaken the dragon, which then goes on a rampage on a local town of humans. The dragon is killed, bu...

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... Bilbo can be of use to them in their journey to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim their ancestral treasure, now in the possession of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo realizes that Gandalf had represented him to the dwarves as a burglar. He reluctantly agrees to go, but he changes his mind the next morning ... brings 13 rambunctious dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield to acquire "young" Bilbo Baggins for a quest to reclaim the dwarf treasure stolen by the dragon Smaug. The film takes any hint of combat or action from the books as an opportunity to flesh out a full-on battle sequence, and stories ... ...

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... gone. He hoped to indeed live up to Gandalf's standard of him, since he was the one who chose him to journey into the desolate lands of Smaug, a golden-red dragon who had stolen hoards of gold and silver wrought by the dwarves/ But. what was the use of a Hobbit in the journey Bilb had answered his own question, when he ... dwarves finally made it to the Lonely Mountain. "We shall claim all the wealth for the dwarves!" Thorin stated. When the party, however met up and disturbed Smaug himself, the dragon rose up from the mountain and laid waste to the City on the Lake, a settlement near b...

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... gone. He hoped to indeed live up to Gandalf's standard of him, since he was the one who chose him to journey into the desolate lands of Smaug, a golden- red dragon who had stolen hoards of gold and silver wrought by the dwarves/ But. what was the use of a Hobbit in the journey Bilb had answered his own question, when he ... dwarves finally made it to the Lonely Mountain. "We shall claim all the wealth for the dwarves!" Thorin stated. When the party, however met up and disturbed Smaug himself, the dragon rose up from the mountain and laid waste to the City on the Lake, a settlement near ...

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... that he was arranging. After days of negotiation Bilbo uneasily decides to join in on the adventure along with 13 dwarves, to raid the treasure of Smaug, a large and dangerous dragon. This story is packed full of surprise, suspense, mystery, conflict, dilemma, and foreshadowing throughout the chapters. A great example of this usage is near the end of Bilbo's great adventure, when ... the time had come for him to advance forward and confront the dragon Smaug. Bilbo had been chosen to go forward into the dragons" lair to seek the treasure. During this process an outstanding example of sus...

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... it to help out his friends. He starts to get his self-confidence here. When they reach the mountain where Smague the dragon is, that is where you can tell that Bilbo's character has developed. He talks with the dragon in confidence and he believes in himself. When everyone is fighting over the gold and the war is about to happen Bilbo ... . He learns that money and materials are not everything. He is just happy that he gets the gold back to the Misty Mountain, to old dwarfs and away from the dragon. In conclusion, Bilbo grows up through the mission. He learns a lot of self-values and dis...

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... for the dwarves on their adventure. The dwarves and going on a very long and dangerous adventure to reclaim their treasure in the Lonely Mountain that is being guarded by a powerful dragon named Smaug. The dwarves view the hobbit as helpless and they doubt his ability to perform this job as burglar. Bilbo doesn't like the idea of the adventure but he ... they find out that they are descendants of the king under the mountain and give them supplies. The group has no idea how they are going to deal with the dragon but they head toward the mountain anyway. Bilbo uses his burglary skills to ...

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In JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit," Bilbo is taken from his home to travel on an unforgettable journey, challenging some of his greatest enemies; giant spiders, goblins, and the dragon, Smaug - just to find that the most powerful enemy of all is not of the physical, but the intangible: greed. "The Hobbit" is based around the search and seizure of ... novel, want to fulfill their greed, which is simply the root of corruption. Smaug is one of the main examples of greed within "The Hobbit." He is an evil, greedy dragon who hoarded all of his gold so no one could take it from him. When Smaug stole th...

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... at the plot of the book first. The plot in The Hobbit is immensely interesting and exciting. Basically, a firedrake dragon from the Withered Hearth has desolated and taken as his own the mountain kingdom of the dwarfish people, named Erebor. This dragon, named Smaug, has also taken the enormous treasure of the dwarves as his own, and he hoards it in the ... ...

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... Hobbit. It was about a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who was chosen by and wizard, Gandalf, and 13 dwarves to go on a mission with them to get the dwarves" gold back from a dragon, Smaug, that stole it hundreds of years ago. So Bilbo went with them and they met many obstacles on the way, such as getting kidnapped by goblins, and being attacked ... Forest-elves, and finding the hidden door (in which was the reason for Bilbo to come, because he was the only one that could fit down the passage), fighting the dragon Smaug and going to war with the goblins, wolves, elves, human, and the dwarves (wh...

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... 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 faced with many strange situations. Once the mountain is retaken, Thorin Oakenshield becomes obsessive over finding the Arkenstone, to the point of believing ... ...

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... their truly self and enhance to be a better person. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was mainly about the hobbit and the dwarves' adventure. Their aim was to snitch gold from the dragon and the main character, Bilbo, showed his courage while facing some great obstacles or challenges. He grows very much during the adventures. At the beginning of the story, he started ... ...

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... , for they were seen as frivolous and distasteful things. The story starts out with a company of dwarves asking Bilbo to join them in their quest to reclaim their homeland from a dragon. Bilbo is very reluctant to join them at first and only just barely makes it out of his house to accompany them. As the book goes on Bilbo's character grows ... ...

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... is a story about a Hobbit whose name is Bilbo Baggins. One morning thirteen Dwarfs and Gandalf The Wandering Wizard appeared at Bilbo's door. The Dwarfs wanted Bilbo to help them conquer a dragon named Smaug, who had taken over their land. When Bilbo woke up the next morning, they started out on a journey towards Lonely Mountain. Then, a thunder storm came upon them and ... ...

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... the hardest part of it. Bilbo and the dwarves, again enter into the earth. Once inside the mountain they discover the biggest evil of the book. This evil is the dragon Smaug. Smaug is a "Hellish" evil because he is a deep red color, breaths fire, and is nothing but evil. He is the most feared evil is the book and Bilbo struggles ... ...

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... others and has some positive qualities, unlike any of the villains in The Hobbit. They are all seen as pure danger. From the Trolls, Gollum and Spiders to the great dragon Smaug, all were dangerous and were nothing more than a battle to defeat. Tolken and Stevenson both put a great emphasis on the growth of the Hero's character throughout the quest. The ... ...

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... would become the king of England. In the book The Hobbit Gandalf the Grey, protector of the hobbits, helps Bilbo and thirteen dwarves regain their lost treasurer from smog the dragon. In The Hobbit Gandalf is protective of all hobbits, loves them, and he also nurtures them. Over all Gandalf is a father figure that all hobbits can look up to. A father ... ...

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