... 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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... -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 he is still perceived as heroic. Upon examination of such instances, it ... " (Tolkien, 273). Giving up his only stronghold against the dwarves, he betrays the dwarves who have brought him this far on their journey in attempts to create a better situation for the common good. This is ...

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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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... has carried the ring for 500 years; all the while, the dark power of the ring has transformed him from a hobbit into a creature of the dark who cannot bare the light. It is the "dark power" which is connected to Gollum that makes him a pivotal character through out the whole trilogy. In the ending of The Hobbit, Bilbo passes the ring onto his heir, Frodo. At the beginning of The Fellowship of the Rings, the first book ... in the trilogy, Frodo departs ... ...

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... heroes, as different as they are, all shared one quality; their courage. However, currently courageousness is underestimated. In the book, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character Holden Caulfield is somewhat less courageous then he makes himself out to be. "I"d only been in about ... order to hurtle glaciers and mountains at someone else, one must have a terrible strength that enables them rip up mountains from the Earth and throw them. Finally, it shows an immense strength of character to stand up for your culture and people, ... the awful brink of the deep and dangerous waterfall. ...

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