Bilbo In The Hobbit

A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities (Google). The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was a Fantasy novel of a young hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo goes on a adventure with dwarves to take back the home of the dwarves -The Lonely Mountain. In Bilbo’s adventure he runs into many obstacles and has to figure out how to get past them.
There are many themes in the Hobbit. Characters prove that they are heros. Bilbo proves that he is hero by being prudent and brave. He also surprises people and is audacious. Bilbo Baggins is a hero throughout the novel of The Hobbit.

Bilbo is being a hero by helping the dwarves which shows he is prudent and brave. Bilbo and the Dwarves have entered Mirkwood.
Heros astonish people and that is another characteristic that Bilbo has. Bilbo has just given the Arkenstone to Bard without Thorin knowing so there weren’t be a war between men, elf, and dwarves. And Gandalf comes up to him and says. “ ‘Well done! Mr. Baggins!’ he said, clapping Bilbo on the back. ‘There is always more about you than anyone expects!’ It was Gandalf.” (271-272) Bilbo is astonishing because he can do things that you would not expect of him. He uses his courage and his brains to help people. He goes to limits that someone has to be very brave to do and that is what he did. He makes Gandalf and many others flummoxed. Gandalf says that ‘ more about you’ he is saying that you never quite know what he is going to do. It shows that you may see a coward but he is a great hero. ‘Anyone expects!’ shows that people judge Bilbo by what he looks like. But you should never judge a book by its cover which is a proverb. Bilbo astonished Gandalf which is another action that makes him a
Which is an characteristic of a hero. The battle of the 5 armies have come to an end. With an badly injured Thorin with Bilbo by his side. “‘ No said Thorin ‘there is more in you of good than you know, child of kindly waste. Some courage and some wisdom blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above gold, it would be a merrier world.” (288) Bilbo is audacious because he is uses his courage to a be daring and bold . In The Hobbit he shows the dwarves and especially Thorin that he is a good asset to the team. The fact that Thorin said that Bilbo had ‘some courage and some wisdom’ its shows that Bilbo has an effect on other characters. Bilbo had to prove himself that he was a good add on to the journey. And he did he proved that he could handle himself and Thorin recognised- that. ‘There is more in you of good’ shows that his good character outweighs his bad qualities. Bilbo throughout the book proved many characters that he was a hero by being