sipping piping-hot tea and serving it to his guests‚ and strolling through the rolling hills watching the sun set. Little did Bilbo know‚ that one bright morning in May‚ his life would change as a result of a few unexpected guests. Journey with Gandalf the Grey‚ a mysterious wizard‚ thirteen dwarves‚ and a hobbit that redefines his identity as they travel through the dark Forest of Mirkwood‚ past the City on the Lake‚ and battle the dragon Smaug the Magnificent to reclaim their long-lost treasure
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dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else‚ made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person‚ and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach. (Tolkien‚ 141-142) We also see in the novel that Gandalf and Thorin aquire named swords including "Orcrist‚ the Goblin Cleaver" and "Glamdring‚ the Foe Hammer". Naturally‚ swords represent great power in stores of heroes‚ kings‚ or gods such as Arthur’s sword Excalibur or Thor’s hammer Mjolnir. Bilbo names
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called the Shire‚ he was summoned by a wizard named Gandalf who requested he join them on a quest for treasure. This quest was probably the first time someone from his village had ventured out into the far reaches of the land. As you may know not all adventures take place with just one person and that was the not the case in Tolkien’s adventurous tale. Bilbo was to be accompanied by 14 dwarves including their leader Thorin and he was warned by Gandalf‚ "This adventure will change your life". The story
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C. Foster. Once both books were read‚ we had to take at least one archetype and compare it to the events in the book. “The Hobbit” tells of lonely Bilbo Baggins that enjoys his peaceful life. He is convinced to go on an adventure with the wizard Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves to steal back the dwarves’ treasure from Smaug the dragon. Throughout the story‚ the group goes through a rollercoaster journey and even experience death in the time throughout the adventure. The first archetype I noticed
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movie about a hobbit named Bilbo who was living peacefully in his hobbit hole until one day Gandalf the wizard shows up and brings all these dwarfs so that Bilbo could go on a adventure. But Bilbo didn’t want to leave his house and so he told them that he was not going to go but then changed his mind and went after them. The dwarf Thorin didn’t want BIlbo to come though because Bilbo wasn’t a burglar as Gandalf had told the dwarfs that he was. So he doubted Bilbo and thought that he was useless. He
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treasure‚ and a battle. After all this though‚ they realized that it was the journey and the end result combined that made the experience so valuable. The journey allowed them all to be brave and heroic‚ at times without the assistance of their mentor Gandalf. They then had the stories to tell and reminisce about. Bilbo also gained a few friends along the way‚ including the elves with whom he kept in touch. The reader can infer that sometimes “the ride” is sometimes more special than the place to which
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visit from Gandalf and the dwarves and is summoned to serve as burglar for the quest to the Lonely Mountain); (2) a separation from the known world (e.g.‚ Bilbo leaves the Shire); (3) initiation into a new world (e.g.‚ the visit to Rivendell); (4) threats to the successful achievement of the quest (e.g.‚ the encounters with Gollum or the wargs); (5) the fellowship of close companions (Thorin and the dwarves‚ whom Bilbo comes to regard as his friends); (5) the guidance of a mentor (Gandalf); (6) a descent
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Free Peoples against the return of Sauron. However‚ Radagast appears in The Hobbit only by name when Gandalf mentions his “good cousin Radagast who lives near the Southern Borders of Mirkwood” (Tolkien‚ 111) to Beorn. Gandalf again refers to Radagast in The Lord of the Rings‚ when‚ during the Council of Elrond‚ the gray wizard explains that Radagast the Brown delivered Saruman’s message summoning Gandalf to Orthanc. Radagast lived close enough to Dol Guldur that it reasonable that he would have played
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There was a moment of silence in the shambles‚ and all the orcs were dead or had fled. Boromir looked around the fellowship: the four hobbits seemed ruffled but fortunately unharmed‚ while Gandalf and that ranger were in a state so disheveled that it was difficult not to laugh. The pain at the back of his head made him grimace. Well‚ I must look just as bad‚ he thought and then turned to the elves standing silently at the rear. He felt mildly aggrieved when he saw the Legolas and Ringëril unscratched
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and through the great forest of Mirkwood to the area around the Lonely Mountain‚ which includes the Desolation of Smaug‚ Lake-town‚ and the ruins of the town of Dale to face the devastating dragon. As the protagonist and his dwarf companions and Gandalf travel into lands "where people spoke strangely‚ and sung songs Bilbo had never heard before". And as they go farther and farther away from Bilbo’s home‚ they find "dreary hills‚ rising higher and higher‚ dark with trees". The farther Bilbo goes into
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