Gold And Greed In The Hobbit

The Hobbit In the year 2941 13 dwarves, 1 wizard, and 1 hobbit set out on a journey to reclaim the lost kingdom of Erebor. The kingdom was taken over by the evil and greedy dragon Smaug. Smaug had been in the kingdom for many years hoarding all the gold, but that changed when Thorin and his dwarves came to Erebor. Thorin was one of the last descendants of Durin. Thorin's Grandfather had once ruled Erebor before Smaug took over Erebor. Once Thorin had driven Smaug out of Erebor he was overcome with power and greed. Although Thorin thought he had good intentions gold and his lust for power caused his demise.
In The Hobbit it Shows that Dwarves Gold and Treasure. The dwarves created a song when smaug took over Erebor and the wanted, “To claim
After the dwarves had encountered the trolls they had stolen their gold, and hoarded it so no one else could have it.
Thorin Lusts For More Power.
Thorin was, “...an enormously important dwarf, in fact no other than the great Thorin Oakenshield himself, who was not at all pleased at falling flat on Bilbo's mat with Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur on top of him” (Tolkien 7). This quote showed how Thorin was a powerful and important person who thinks highly of himself.
The guards surprise was, “...enormous when Thorin Oakenshield stepped in through the door. "Who are you and what do you want?" they shouted leaping to their feet and gipping for weapons. "Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror King under the Mountain!" said the dwarf in a loud voice, and he looked it, in spite of his torn clothes and draggled hood. The gold gleamed on his neck and waist: his eyes were dark and deep. "I have come back. I wish to see the Master of your town!"(Tolkien 119). The quote shows how Thorin thinks of himself with pride and
The Arkenstone the most precious jewel of Erebor is, “...of my father," he said, "is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to me it is beyond price. That stone of all the treasure I name unto myself, and I will be avenged on anyone who finds it and withholds it." (Tolkien 161). Thorin is showing that if someone withholds the Arkenstone he was willing to kill them to reclaim his treasure.
Even Before Thranduil, “ ...rode forth the news had passed west right to the pinewoods of the Misty Mountains; Beorn had heard it in his wooden house, and the goblins were at council in their caves. "That will be the last we shall hear of Thorin Oakenshield, I fear," said the king. "He would have done better to have remained my guest. It is an ill wind, all the same," he added, "that blows no one any good." For he too had not forgotten the legend of the wealth of Thror” (Tolkien 154). Thranduil knew that because Thorin had control over Erebor, Thorin would become a recluse with the treasure and it would eventually cause his demise. Because Thorin had what he thought were good intentions, the power and treasure eventually of Erebor corrupted him. The treasure and the power of the kingdom of Erebor were too much for just one person to control which made Thorin