... book identifies common traits used to describe most of the western world's heroes. Of course, to read Bilbo Baggins's story in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit one might conclude that Campbell was reading his story word for word as he wrote his book. Bilbo is a most unsuspecting hero from the beginning ... because most hobbits are homebodies. However, Bilbo has a "Tookish side", which seems to take 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...

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... Is it possible to not possess the characteristics of responsibility and selflessness and still be a hero? Perhaps it is. Bilbo Baggins, a not so modest hobbit, could quite possibly be the hero that isn't really a hero, the anti-hero; someone that others think possesses these qualities, but beyond those opinions, ... really does not. There are instances throughout the text of The Hobbit where Bilbo does appear to support the argument of his heroism. However, a few pages or sentences later his faults as a hero become apparent, although ... first glance, Bilbo does not appear to fill the s...

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