Books and movies are rarely ever the same due to directors wanting more action then the books usually have, so people who read the book first always just come back to it rather than the movie since they found it more interesting. When different mediums are compared of one story (the book or the movie) it always seems to be a split between the community, and I believe The Hobbit is quite different when the book and movie are compared to another, however, the book crafts a stronger story, whether it be through, action scenes, or character development. When action scenes are in books, they are usually much more extravagant in movies trying to draw the audience in, but I believe the action scenes in the book portrayed Bilbo as a stronger hero. …show more content…
In the book Bilbo saves the dwarves from spiders it’s his first time actually doing something for them which is extremely useful because it kept them alive, this boosted his confidence greatly, however, in the movie he has done a much more heroic deed before this which isn’t like a Baggins at all and it ruins the books character development, which is why the book is much better at character development then the movie, “It had thought of starting the feast while the others were away, but Mr. Baggins was in a hurry, and before the spider knew what was happening it felt his sting and rolled off the branch dead.” (Tolkien 161) This shows that Bilbo isn’t second guessing what he should and acts instantly just to save his friends which can take tremendous amounts of courage. Thorin’s sickness is a big plot point in the movie happening a lot earlier in the second movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug were they arrive at the mountain and he goes to a different mindset of not caring about anyone other than the Arkenstone, but in book version it happens when he takes back the mountain and doesn’t let anyone near his gold. The book uses the gold sickness much better than the movie since it happens much later on when Thorin actually takes his place on the throne again instead of Smaug still being alive and stopping Bilbo leaving until he obtained the Arkenstone, “With that the messenger departed swiftly, and the dwarves were left to consider their case. So grim had Thorin become, that even if they had wished, the others would not have dared to find fault with him; but indeed most of them seemed to share his mind--except perhaps old fat Bombur and Fili and Kili. Bilbo, of course, disapproved of the whole turn of