...The Hobbit The Hobbit has been out as a book for many years now, and have been improved over several editions. Now the movie have finally arrived in the cinemas, and will be split in 3 parts. The movie is very detailed, for the first time more so, than the book, but there is of course only 300 pages while the movies is 2 and a half hours long and split into 3 parts. That is a really great thing because you just get sucked right into The Shire, and follow the dwarfs, Gandalf and Bilbo around. The story is about a stolen treasure, guarded by the dragon Smaug, but stolen from the dwarfs which they are trying to retrieve. They need a burglar in their party, and they have gone to Gandalf, an old wizard for guidance and he recommends Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit from The Shire. Gandalf and the dwarfs visit Bilbo to join their journey, but after a lot of trouble they get him convinced. In this journey they experience a lot of things, some that the dwarfs had expected, but also some quite unexpected. This adventuring was all new to Bilbo and he tried to fit in, but he caused more trouble than good in the start. Then they get captured by goblins in a mountain, where the dwarfs think that Bilbo is lost forever, but he manages to escape the goblins, and a forgotten foul beast, by the help of a mysterious ring. Then they get trapped by orcs, and the dwarf leader, Thorin Oakshield, faces his old enemy, it's a struggled fight, and it ends up with Bilbo coming to the rescue, and finally proves...
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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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...THE HOBBIT WEBSITE SCAVENGER HUNT: WHO WILL BE THE WINNER? Go to: http://www.tolkien-online.com/index.html Home Page: What have scholars debated about, regarding his novels? Scholars have debated true greatness of these popular novels. “Tolkien creates out of the void a complete and fully-realized world. He weaves his spell around us, suspends all disbelief, and gives us our own modern day adventure and discovery quest.” The Hobbit: Date of first publication? It was published in 1937, and it remains Tolkiens' first published book and the one of the best books of the 20th century. What sentence has become one of the most recognizable in English literature? “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” What knowledge did Tolkien draw from to write The Hobbit’s characters and plot? ancient mythology, primarily northern (Norse) mythology. Middle-Earth: Why did Tolkien first begin writing his imagined world? ________________________________________________________________________ “Tolkien’s Middle-earth is a fully-formed world with its own _______________, ______________, ________________, ‘_____________’, a _______________ story, a Fall, grief, joy, and all of those many things that our own world has.” Middle-Earth: Tolkien and Language Which languages did Tolkien have an affinity for? ______________________________ Tolkien created _______ languages for Middle-earth’s various races, and in many respects these languages...
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...The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack can be ordered from Amazon. The Soundtrack features original score by Academy Award winner Howard Shore recorded at famed Abbey Road Studios by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally it includes an original song, Song of the Lonely Mountain, written and performed by Neil Finn (Crowded House). It is available in Standard format on Amazon.com: and can be ordered here in the UK. The Special Edition includes additional songs and materials. Complete track list on Amazon.com: It can also be ordered here on Amazon.co.uk. The Special Edition of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey contains the full score from the film with seven extended score cues, six exclusive bonus tracks, and deluxe liner notes packaged in a 2 CD hardcover digibook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a recording of Tolkien’s original lyrics by Rob Inglis on YouTube. Thanks to Lassesb. ~ Share this: Twitter43 Facebook1K+ Google +1 Like this: . 65 thoughts on ““Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold”” aryn said: October 11, 2012 at 8:42 pm . thank you for posting the lyrics to this song they helped me very much on a school project. God bless you! Reply D.J. said: October 23, 2012 at 12:53 am . You are most welcome. Reply Joseph said: December 16, 2012...
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...Stereotyping The Hobbit Stereotypes are qualities given to a group of people based on their race, or the qualities they have. They take something that is partly true about someone and believe it is true about the whole race. For example, in Asia they hold education very highly and Asian people typically do very well in school. The stereotype regarding Asians is that they are all very good at math. This is not true. I have some Asian friends and they struggle with math just as much as I do. Many stereotypes exist today. They are bad because we just assume we what the person is like without getting to know them. The stereotyped image I brought into class was a picture of an Italian man. He had his hair spiked up, his skin spray tanned orange, and was wearing a wife-beater. This image is how we perceive Italian men to be. We view them this way because that is how we see them on the show Jersey Shore. All of the people on the show are dressed, and look like the picture I brought in. In reality only some Italians look that way. The majority of them look and act like ordinary people. Just because someone is Italian does not mean that they dress and act like what we think they should. You cannot judge someone based on how they look. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, this proves very true. There are a few characters throughout this story that break the stereotypes of themselves. The biggest example of this is with Mr. Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo is a hobbit. Hobbits are described as tiny,...
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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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...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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...Assessment 4 – Essay Q: Why did the New Zealand government offer Warner Brothers incentives to film “The Hobbit” in New Zealand? Analyse how this will affect the New Zealand film industry and New Zealand society. The movie “The Hobbit”, directed and produced by New Zealand’s own Peter Jackson, is a two-part film based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel of the same name. It is a prequel to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ film trilogy. The film is being shot right here in New Zealand, but only because of our governments’ intervention. Warner Brothers were considering moving production elsewhere due to a Do Not Work order released from the International Federation of Actors. It was the fear that our tourism industry surrounding the film would be hit hard that caused a national uproar, so on 25th of October 2010, thousands of New Zealanders organised protest rallies imploring that production remained in New Zealand. It was two days later that the New Zealand government and Warner Bros executives decided to keep the Hobbit being filmed in New Zealand as originally planned. On 24th September 2010, the International Federation of Actors Do Not Work order advised members that “The producers…have refused to engage performers on union-negotiated agreements” This would subject the actors who work on the film to possible displacement from the union. This is what caused Warner Bros and New Line Cinema to consider taking production elsewhere. The New Zealand government came to an agreement between the...
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...Actors New Zealand (NZ) actors were virtually powerless during the Hobbit dispute. Many had worked under non-union contracts for years in local productions and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which was inferior in comparison to many unionised actors overseas. This would be repeated in the Hobbit production whereby actors would work as independent contractors and not employees. Thus, the Hobbit producers would have absolute control over NZ workers who would not have the protection of minimum wage or working conditions that they could under a collective employment contract. To address these issues for the Hobbit project, some NZ actors sought to negotiate better conditions through their union. However, they were shut out as Hobbit producers refused to engage in bargaining and deemed it illegal for them to have a collective agreement with independent contractors (Bridgeman & McLaughlin 2011, p.3). Unions Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) is an Australian union which the NZ Actors Equity joined in 2006. MEAA was no match against a formidable opponent in Warner Brothers in both power and strategy. A global conglomerate such as Warner Brothers had little to fear against a union organisation with a few hundred NZ actors. McAndrew & Risak (2011, p.72) infer that it was a naive strategy for an Australian union to challenge such a powerful organisation with an aggressive yet ineffective boycott of Hobbit contracts. This played into Warner Brother’s hands as they were able...
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...Fu 1 Nathan Fu Ms. Hallford English 9H Period #3 10--12 The Hero Within Everyone will make the step to become a hero from humble and simple beginnings. Of course, the move to become a hero is not easy and they will face many obstacles and trials that will test the strength of their friendship. However, the hero will develop traits that will shape and mold to to prepare them for their final test. Our hero will transition from the known world where he thinks he know who he is and descend down into the Nadir, the darkest and lowest point in their journey, where he will be tested both physically and mentally. That is the case for Bilbo Baggins, a shy and reluctant hobbit in J.R.R Tolkein's The Hobbit, who was protected from the perils and dangers of the real world in the comfort of his hobbit-hole. In his journey, Bilbo has to make many judgments that leave him torn between his loyalty to his friends and doing the right thing. But it is these obstacles that fully initializes him as a true hero. In the beginning of the story, Bilbo seemed like the most unlikely hero when Gandalf and thirteen dwarves came and asked for him to join them on the quest, but in the end, Bilbo faces many situations, challenges and develop traits like selflessness, courage ,and wisdom that is essential to all heroes and will ultimately determine and define who he is, and whether if he will succeed as a hero or not. A hero will rise when there is a call for a challenge and they could accept two choices: fight...
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...I’ve had many adventures so far. You think this to be very unusual for a Hobbit. But then again, you know that we are on the Took side of the family. It all started when I was recruited by the great Gandalf! Could imagine my surprise when he came knocking at my door! Then, all of a sudden, a bunch of dwarves came along and told me of this great quest they were on. I couldn’t resist, it sounded so exciting! So I trudged along with them and then we were kidnapped by goblins and taken to their evil caves! It was truly horrible, those nasty creatures. Gandalf had left us as soon as we were kidnapped, or so I thought. Because then, suddenly, Gandalf burst out of his hiding place and rescued us! He revealed that he had been with us the entire time....
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...In the book The Hobbit Bilbo is asked to go on a quest with thirteen dwarves where they are going to try and capture back all the gold and other goodies that the dragon has stolen from other who have tried to do the same thing before them. Bilbo gets invited to go on this quest not only because he has the ability to be sneaky but he is also smart and on any quest you have to be smart and intelligent if you are strong that helps but not in Bilbo's case. Cases of this being evident is when one of the ponies bolts another example is when Bilbo has to go searching for food, and the final example is Bilbo also has to be smart to not make the rash decision to fight the trolls but he has to be smart to make the decision to hide. Bilbo has to be smart because if he was the opposite he would have chased after the pony instead of trying to go find food and shelter. In this situation Bilbo and the dwarves had a pony that had their food and blankets and clothes the pony bolted instead of thinking he was good to go for the next couple of days he was smart and decided to go hunt for food shelter and clothes. Meaning while the others were sitting around Bilbo was trying to find them food and shelter if he was not smart he would be with them. This is very important because if Bilbo did chase after the pony he probably...
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...The main character of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins lives a comfortable peaceful life in his spacious hobbit-hole under the hill. But one day, his peace and quiet are shattered by the arrival of the wizard Gandalf, who asks him to join 13 dwarves on a quest to reclaim the treasure taken from them by the evil dragon Smaug. After some hesitation, Bilbo agrees to join the dwarves on their adventure, encountering many dangers along the way, such as trolls, goblins, and even a life-or-death game of riddles with a slimy creature in an underground cavern named Gollum. Bilbo wins the game, and gains both freedom from the tunnels of the goblins and a mysterious golden ring that grants its wearer the power of invisibility....
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...The Hobbit is a novelbook by J.R.R Tolkien written in 1937. The book is told in 3rd person and is extremely successful and widely considered a classic. The Hobbit is a book about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, an old wizard named Gandalf, and his group of dwarves. Once Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins get together they set off on an adventure to get treasure from a dragon named Smaug. Bilbo is reluctant to go at first because his kind isn’t known to go on adventures, but after a little while Gandalf persuades Bilbo to go on the adventure with him and his army of dwarves. Soon after everyone leaves to go on their adventure everyone except Gandalf gets captured by nocturnal trolls, Gandalf tricks the trolls into staying outside,even though their kind...
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...Hobbits, the narrator explains, are little people, roughly half the size of humans, with thick hair on their feet, round bellies, and a love of good food, comfort, and security. Though some hobbits live in houses, they traditionally live in holes in the ground. The holes are not dank and smelly but comfortable, cozy underground dwellings with all the amenities of their aboveground counterparts. The hole occupied by the hobbit known as Bilbo Baggins is called Bag End. It is quite a pleasant dwelling, with comfortable furniture and a well-stocked kitchen, nestled in a snug little village under a hill. Bilbo’s ancestry is somewhat noble by hobbit standards: his father was from the well-to-do, conventional Baggins family, but his mother was from the Tooks, a wealthy, eccentric family infamous for their unhobbitlike tendency to go on adventures. Despite his Took blood, however, Bilbo prefers to stay at home and live a quiet life. On the day the story begins, Bilbo is enjoying a pipe outside his front door when an old man with a long cloak and a staff arrives. After the old man introduces himself, Bilbo recognizes him as the wizard Gandalf, who has created spectacular fireworks displays on holidays in Hobbiton, but Bilbo still looks on the old wizard with a suspicious eye. When Gandalf asks if Bilbo would be interested in going on an adventure, Bilbo declines and quickly excuses himself. He invites the wizard to come over for tea sometime but only so as not to seem rude—in reality...
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