...individual stories of each combatant is often lost to the annals of history. In other works such as All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque or The Metal Gear Solid series by Hideo Kojima, the spotlight shines on the brutish and hellish landscapes of war. However, J.R.R Tolkien in The Hobbit instead focuses upon the heroic journey of growing up and passing into adulthood that occurs from the adventures of war. J.R.R Tolkien incorporates the hero’s journey and claims that through the adventures of war, children grow into men as their experiences shape and permanently change their lives. The adventure begins in the normal world. Bilbo Baggins lives a simple life in his...
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...COMMEMORATING SAM AND FRODO'S JOURNEY 4 RUNNING HEADER: COMMEMORATING SAM AND FRODO'S JOURNEY 1 A Commemoration for the Journey Completed by Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins Maresa Klinger University of Houston – Clear Lake Abstract In the LOTR, the Hobbits' Sam and Frodo take on a difficult journey that consisted of obstacles, a ring whose relationship to the two plays as an antagonist, and how the two's relationship is tested through of all it but overcomes in spite of the odds. The obstacles consist of being chased by Sauron's evil minions known as the Orcs, following a delirious used-to-be Hobbit named Gollum who takes them up mountain cliffs and through dangerous forests, one of which has the giant spider Shelob...
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...The Hobbit is a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien illustrating the adventure of Bilbo Baggins on his quest to help his dwarf friends. Through the journey, Bilbo discovers the true potential of his loyalty, bravery, and cleverness. I believe The Hobbit should remain a classic in our modern world. This is due to its expression of life and morals, the work’s renowned recognition after over 75 years, its appeal to the over 100 million copies sold, and its connections to the modern literature that the work has influenced. I feel that the despite the change of time, The Hobbit has withstanded and exceeded expectations securing itself the right and justification to be a classic. The meaning of good over evil, and right over wrong, are concepts that author...
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...In the novel The hobbit a character named Bilbo Baggins becomes an exceptional hero. As Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien writes that Bilbo is an ¨unexpected hero¨, but in my eyes this was not unexpected nor was it accidental. In The Hobbit there are three main ways Bilbo went from hobbit to hero. These ways are, when he fights the trolls, when he saves the dwarves from spiders, and when he turns the Arkenstone over to the Elvenking and bard to prevent war. Bilbo first starts his journey from hobbit to hero when he fights the trolls over the ponies. As stated in The Hobbit,¨ Then Bilbo plucked up the courage to put his little hand in William´s enormous pocket… William turned around at once and grabbed Bilbo by the neck, before he could hide behind a tree.¨ This quote from the text explains how Bilbo became a hero because he tried to steal from the trolls, for the greater good of the group. Knowing this, this part of the journey is one where Bilbo gets one step...
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...“The Hobbit” is a book that narrates the adventures of a creature called a hobbit. Bilbo, the name of the hobbit, embarks on a long journey with a troop of fourteen to recover stolen gold. His companions each play different roles throughout the story, and these roles help readers understand what each character contributes to the story. As the story progresses, the reader will start to realize which characters belong to which archetypal roles and how they affect the story. Roles such as the shapeshifter add suspense, and roles like the herald help bring the story to life. In “The Hobbit,” many characters play archetypal roles to help carry and enhance the story. Heroes play the most important role in the story, they make sacrifices and lead...
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...sent on the quest to destroy the ring, though the four hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin, know little about the ring and how dangerous and powerful it proves to be. As the novel proceeds, the men and the hobbits meet many other characters, some good, some evil. One main character that they meet throughout the journey is Gollum – a practically naked, evil-looking, gross hobbit-like creature with big, unappealing eyes. I am excited to read further into the novel so that I can learn more about the characters and the dangerous situations they must face. At various reading moments, puzzles and problems have been formulating in my mind, problems such as dangerous obstacles and creatures throughout the journey to destroy The Ring. The very beginning of the journey in the first book of the series involves the seven brave men (Aragorn, Legolas, Gimle, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, Merry, and Pippin) to experience life-threatening problems and battling for their lives due to the fact that they are constantly in danger, as the orcs and the Nine Black Riders are trying to end the age of men. After reading deeper into the novel and gaining more knowledge about the main characters, I have been able to thoroughly form mental images of many of the characters in my mind. Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin are all hobbits. In the prologue of the novel, Tolkien describes how hobbits act, what their appearance is, what their personality is, etc... Hobbits are “little people,” smaller than dwarves: less stout...
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...sent on the quest to destroy the ring, though the four hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin, know little about the ring and how dangerous and powerful it proves to be. As the novel proceeds, the men and the hobbits meet many other characters, some good, some evil. One main character that they meet throughout the journey is Gollum – a practically naked, evil-looking, gross hobbit-like creature with big, unappealing eyes. I am excited to read further into the novel so that I can learn more about the characters and the dangerous situations they must face. At various reading moments, puzzles and problems have been formulating in my mind, problems such as dangerous obstacles and creatures throughout the journey to destroy The Ring. The very beginning of the journey in the first book of the series involves the seven brave men (Aragorn, Legolas, Gimle, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, Merry, and Pippin) to experience life-threatening problems and battling for their lives due to the fact that they are constantly in danger, as the orcs and the Nine Black Riders are trying to end the age of men. After reading deeper into the novel and gaining more knowledge about the main characters, I have been able to thoroughly form mental images of many of the characters in my mind. Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin are all hobbits. In the prologue of the novel, Tolkien describes how hobbits act, what their appearance is, what their personality is, etc... Hobbits are “little people,” smaller than dwarves: less stout...
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...Review of The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien made the Hobbit as a book back in 1937. Later on, the book was published as a movie in 2012. The movie is divided in 3 parts, with one year separating the publishing. In the movie, you follow a young Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. As he is set out on an "unexpected journey" (Which is also the title of the first movie,) to the Lonely Mountain with a very spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home, from a dragon named Smaug. The group has company by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, and Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led be the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. The journey takes the little group deep into the wild. On their way they march through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East of the Lonely Mountain, they must first escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever, Gollum. Deep down in the bottom of the lonely mountain Bilbo is trapped with the creature Gollum. The unassuming Bilbo Baggins has not only discovered a courage that even surprises him, he also gains Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful powers. If you compare the movie and the book, you will discover a lot if comparison and you can see all the red lines pulled together towards a very exciting adventure. The book and the movie have the exactly same intro, and...
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...The Hobbit is a wonderful book to read. J.R.R Tolkien who is the author of the Hobbit used various archetypes throughout the novel. Some archetypes that J.R.R Tolkien used in the Hobbit are communion, the hero, and the journey. The main character in the Hobbit is Bilbo Baggins and you wouldn’t think that a person with the personality of Bilbo would be the hero. Bilbo Baggins didn’t have any ambition in his life, he had hobbies but they were boring hobbies. In the beginning of the Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien uses the archetype of communion. Most people think of holy ceremony that takes place in church were everybody gets a small cup of grape juice and a tiny piece of bread. Communion is the act of intimate fellowship and rapport. Communion doesn’t have to happen in a church in fact you don’t just have to eat bread and drink grape juice. That is shown in the Hobbit because when Bilbo, Gandalf and the twelve dwarfs were eating dinner together that is also known as communion. When Bilbo leaves his Hobbit hole that is when the journey starts. The task for Bilbo Baggins is to help the dwarfs reclaim their treasure from Samug. During the beginning of their journey they encounter three hungry trolls who capture them all expect Gandalf. Gandalf saves them by tricking the trolls to stay outside into the sun comes up because they will have turned into stone. After...
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...Exploring the Elements of a Hero’s Journey in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit In most stories there are a sequence of events that take place from start to finish that help as unspoken guidelines. These guidelines help give shape to many fairy tales and heros adventures that are found in stories from all time lines and geographical walks of life. Once the reader becomes aware of what these events are and how to look for them it becomes easy to spot these patterns and examples in films, literature, theatrical productions, etc. The goal of this paper is to familiarize the reader with a few different authors concepts and criteria that commonly occur in a vast majority of stories that contain any sort of adventurer or hero-type figure. In the case of J.R.R. Tolkien’s tale of The Hobbit, when broken down and analyzed using concepts from Joseph Campbell, and occasionally Marie von Franz, and Vladimir Propp, the reader may use their concept to read the book with insight and clarity that opens up a whole new way of looking at the hobbits adventure and the journey he partakes in. After one has a knowledge of the sequence of events that help to make up an adventure story it is hard to look at many books and films you’ve already seen in the same way. My hopes is that by the end of this, you will see The Hobbit in a new light. The Hobbit embodies significant aspects of the “hero’s journey” and the exploration of these using different authors works helps the reader to understand the analyzation...
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...Question 1: What was your most memorable moment? My most memorable moment in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was when the Dwarves came to Bilbo’s house and asked him to join the journey to defeat Smaug and he accepts to go on the journey. I liked this moment mainly because Bilbo had shown lot of valiantry in this moment. Bilbo showed bravery because he did not want people to think of him as a scared person even though Hobbits are not supposed to live a treacherous and adventurous life but, Bilbo had known that he could be different. This can relate to my life when I had gone to an Adventure park. The Adventure park had many obstacles and zip lines. I was a little bit scared at first because the course seemed intimidating but I was brave and...
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...Book report: The Hobbit – J.R.R Tolkien The author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was born on the 3rd of January 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and died on the 2nd of September 1973. He died at the age 81, in Bournemouth. Tolkien wrote the book in 1937. At this time Hitler was in power. I could not find anything in his book that is pointing somehow to Hitler. After the death of Tolkien, his son published a some works based on his father’s notes. Together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, these form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories and invented languages in a world called Middle Earth The Setting The time periods of JRR Tolkien are not like our time periods. It’s a completely different world than ours. The Hobbit takes place in Middle Earth during the Third Age (years 2941 – 2942) about 55 years before the start of the Lord of the Rings story. This time period is Protagonist and antagonists In this book the protagonist is Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit. Bilbo ( 50 years old ) was hired as a burglar by the wizard Gandalf and 13 dwarves (led by Thorin Oakenshield, their king). He was hired to go on a quest with the dwarves to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, and its treasure within, defended by the dragon Smaug. Before the adventure, Bilbo was a simple Hobbit in the Shire, who enjoyed...
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...Is Bilbo a leader whenever Gandalf is away? The dwarves would never have made it to the Lonely Mountain without Bilbo. Bilbo is the one who killed the spiders and freed the dwarves from their webs. He is the one who led their escape from the Elven palace. The hobbit shows creativity and confidence throughout the journey. Both of those are characteristics of a leader. Bilbo is definitely a leader when Gandalf is away. Bilbo killed the spiders and freed the dwarves from their webs. The dwarves would never have made it to the Lonely Mountain if Bilbo had lacked the courage to fight the spiders. The group would have been eaten by the spiders. Bilbo demonstrates confidence while fighting and killing the spiders. Bilbo also exhibits creativity....
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...The Hobbit Summaries: Chapter 1: In Chapter 1 of The Hobbit the characters are introduced and the story begins. Bilbo Baggins seems to be the main character, Bilbo is a hobbit who lives in a cozy, comfy hole like many other hobbits. Bilbo lives a quiet, peaceful life until a wizard named Gandalf and his dwarves come and tell Bilbo he is destined to join their journey. Bilbo doesn’t think he is cut out for this journey and neither do the dwarves, but Gandalf does. While Bilbo accompanies to the dwarves and Gandalf’s every need, they explain the journey. Thorin, who could be classified as the most important dwarf explains most of the journey. The journey is to reclaim the treasure that Thorin’s family once had but is now protected by Smaug an enormous dragon who stole it. Bilbo Baggins feels very uneasy about attending this journey and at the end of the chapter does not even know if he will participate. The setting of this chapter is “The Hill”, where many Hobbit holes are. Symbols used in this chapter were; the maps that the dwarves/Gandalf have symbolize direction of their journey. Also, some of the songs that the dwarves sing symbolize hints and feelings. A developing theme I see is “anyone can be a hero,” because I think Bilbo will end up going. Chapter 2: In the second chapter, the journey begins! Bilbo wakes up and assumes that Gandalf and the dwarves have left without him since none of them are present. Shortly after, Gandalf comes in and shows Bilbo a note that says...
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...The Rings” goes through hard trials. There is much more to come through their journey though especially in the book of “The Two Towers.” In the book of “The Two Towers” Frodo baggins, and Samwise Gamgee must journey on their own to finish the task that was left for Frodo. While Aragorn II Elessar, Legolas the elf, and Gimli the dwarf search for Peregin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck, most commonly known as Merry and pippin. It all starts with Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli searching for Merry and Pippin. The three adventurers go off through the fields tracking down those two hobbits that have been captured by the nasty orcs. The leader of the orcs is none other than the huge appalling Ugluk. He leads his team of orcs, which are known as the Uruk-hai Scouts, to Isengard. That way Saruman could have the hobbits and find out where the ring is. Their plan taking the hobbits to Isengard ended faster than they had expected for they were attacked by Rohirrim. The orcs tried to fight valiantly, but it still ended in ruins for they could not putt up a good fight because they were being shot at by arrows, and their enemy was behind trees on horseback so they couldn’t determine where they were most of the time. While the Orcs were fighting the Rohirrims, Merry and Pippin started to sneak away from the orcs clutches. They successfully escape and begin to head into the “Forrest of Fangorn”. In the forest the hobbits meet an unexpected ally. They encounter an Ent who is known as Tree Beard. Tree...
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